Sisal in Bahia - Brazil

Abstract

There is a space in the state of Bahia -Brazil, which has been historically differentiated due to the predominance of the productive process of sisal. The use of agave sisalana was able to establish a productive chain for export, which had sufficient impact to spatially differentiate a large portion of the semiarid in Bahia, known as the Sisaleira Region. Our investigation identifies the origin of this process and proposes its analysis from the definition of periods that allow the temporal situation of the expansion and reduction of the planted area of sisal in order to identify the influence of this process on the economy and the politics of the municipalities involved. We present a characterization of the productive process of sisal and attempt to understand the formation of the Sisaleira Region from the following periods: the beginnings of the sisaleira crop; the creation of the productive system of sisal; the apogee of the green gold of the sertão; the lost decade of sisal; and the current period of restructuring. Our analysis seeks to understand how economics and politics are articulated in the process of differentiation that resulted in the formation of the Sisaleira Region.Keywords: Sisal; Productive Process; Prosperity and Poverty.. RESUMO / RESUMEN O SISAL NA BAHIA -BRASILExiste um espaço, no estado da Bahia -Brasil, historicamente diferenciado em função do predomínio do processo produtivo do sisal. O aproveitamento da agave sisalana constituiu uma cadeia produtiva para exportação com impacto suficiente para diferenciar, espacialmente, uma ampla porção do semiarido baiano, conhecida como Região Sisaleira. Nossa investigação identifica a origem desse processo e propõe sua análise a partir da definição de períodos que permitem situar, temporalmente, a ampliação e redução da área plantada de sisal a fim de identificar a influência desse processo para a economia e para a política dos municípios envolvidos. Apresentamos uma caracterização do processo produtivo do sisal e propomos entender a constituição da Região Sisaleira a partir dos seguintes períodos: gêneses da lavoura sisaleira; constituição do sistema produtivo do sisal; apogeu do ouro verde do sertão; a década perdida do sisal; e o atual período de reestruturação. Buscamos entender como economia e política se articulam no processo de diferenciação que resulta na formação da Região Sisaleira. Palavras-chave:Sisal; Processo Produtivo; Prosperidade e Pobreza. EL SISAL EN BAHIA -BRASILEn el Estado de Bahía (Brasil), existe un territorio históricamente diferenciado debido al predominio del proceso de producción de sisal. El uso de Agave Sisalana ha sido capaz de establecer una cadena productiva enfocada para la exportación, lo cual fue suficiente para diferenciar espacialmente una gran parte de la Bahía semiárida, conocida como Región Sisaleira. La presente investigación identifica el origen de ese proceso y ofrece un análisis de la definición de los períodos que permiten situar temporalmente la ampliación y reducción de la superficie plantada de ...

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