A POLÍTICA DOS TERRITÓRIOS NA PERSPECTIVA DA REFORMA AGRÁRIA EM MATO GROSSO DO SUL: ANÁLISE A PARTIR DE TRÊS LAGOAS E SIDROLÂNDIA

Abstract

Through Federal Government development policies, the territories of Mato Grosso do Sul were created. This study seeks to understand how these territories were established and how their creation relates to issues surrounding Agrarian Reform in the state. Is there a relationship between the number of implemented settlements and a lower land concentration index? Such questions are important when historically analyzing the territorial and economic formation of Mato Grosso do Sul, its pattern of land concentration, and the territorialization of capital.

Characteristics of each rural territory and data on land structure were presented. In addition, we selected two municipalities from distinct territories to analyze land structure and the number of agrarian reform settlements implemented. We concluded that, given the scenario of the renewed expansion of monoculture-based large estates, it is urgent that territorial policy be articulated with agrarian reform policy so that the latter can be resumed as soon as possible. Otherwise, peasant family farming will become increasingly isolated and vulnerable within these territories, particularly in the Bolsão region.