URBAN-RURAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AGRARIAN COMMERCIALIZATION: notes on the space of Rio de Janeiro State

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2014.14406 The transformations undergone in the country show an important separation between the meaning of rural and agricultural. The economic activities in the country incorporate the service sector, especially in the case of the RegiãoSerranaFluminense, wherethe main activity is tourism in the rural areas. At the same time, the small farmers’ crop keeps the supply function for the state capital and its girth even under the context of changes in the rules and ways which the goods are trade. The text discuss how the elements present in the country relate among themselves and their relationship with the cities, within the context of agricultural marketing, and network connections.

Keywords

• comercialização agrícola. relaçãocidade-campo. redes. urbanidades. rio de janeiro.