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Abstract
The maintenance and/or expansion of land form the central
axle along which family farming organize their livelihood and work.. This
paper analyzes these producers’ strategies that are related to division of
inheritance and succession, and the forms of acquisition of new areas. The
survey on the characteristics of families and property was carried out by
a questionnaire in 89 familiar producers of three cities of São José do Rio
Preto (SP) region. Next, one third of those answering the questionnaire
were interviewed in the same cities. The analysis of agrarian strategies
showed a great diversity in the manner of inheritance sharing and conducting
succession; although being basically supported in both processes
by traditional rules they seem to follow the legal the legal rules. Regarding
to acquisition strategies of more land, it was noticed that producers are
able to organize complex forms of capitalization, which are centralized
in bigger efforts at work and containment of expenses, besides the use
of favorable public policies and customary practices. The intra-familiar
arrangements and the forms of kinship cooperation also appeared as
equally important to the property expansion.