Youth Peasant Communities Zé Alves and Laranjal in the municipality of Poconé, MT: dilemmas between staying and leaving from countryside

Abstract

This article results and dismembered the master's research on "environmental conflict and climate change under the gaze of peasant youths Poconé, Mato Grosso," aimed at understanding perceptions of youths on environmental conflicts and existing climate change on our traditional community Lady of Lourdes (known as Zé Alves) and the Remnant Quilombo community Orangery, both located in the municipality of Poconé, MT. In this plot also articulate reflections to understand the dilemmas of "getting in and out" experienced by youths since the peasant youths of both communities are being made invisible by agribusiness advances that transform natural goods resources, to meet the economic perspective, making it impossible to remain in the territories. The investigative proposition relied on the qualitative method, with the methodological tactics the Social Map. For information were conducted seven field work, two mapping seminars, twelve semi-structured interviews with the youths, besides secondary sources (reports, articles and census) of the surveyed communities. We understand that the rural-urban migration are mainly related to lack of education and job opportunities and income, as well as non-execution of public policies thought to this reality.

Keywords

• peasant communities
• peasant youths
• dilemmas between staying and leaving from countryside.