Characterization of Family Farming in the Semi-Arid Region of Bahia

The article aims to characterize the transformations that have occurred in family agriculture by examining social, economic and political aspects semi-arid region of Bahia. It has as its central axis statement rural world remains an important category for analysis relations among social classes. For this purpose, a bibliographic review was carried out on subject, well legal frameworks legitimize insertion agriculture. This study opted adoption dialectical materialism method, since is part set materializes relations, influencing receiving influence from environment. Moreover, based data 2017 Agricultural Census, quantitative made comparing establishments belonging non-family categories. Finally, it believed may contribute understanding characteristics encourage seeking actions public policies consider peculiarities farmers' way life.