Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-08-01T13:20:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelSilvaDosAnjos_DISSERT.pdf: 6430044 bytes, checksum: a89b2c62e2383b5bc0de4ee378dba65c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-08-04T19:37:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelSilvaDosAnjos_DISSERT.pdf: 6430044 bytes, checksum: a89b2c62e2383b5bc0de4ee378dba65c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-04T19:37:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelSilvaDosAnjos_DISSERT.pdf: 6430044 bytes, checksum: a89b2c62e2383b5bc0de4ee378dba65c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / No Rio Grande do Norte, o cultivo da mandioca ocorre praticamente em todo o estado, possuindo import?ncia, inclusive, no ?mbito do seu processo de forma??o territorial. O beneficiamento da referida raiz nos dias atuais est? diretamente associado ? intensifica??o das rela??es estabelecidas entre a agricultura e a ind?stria, embora ainda com pouca expressividade, considerando as especificidades e a realidade do Rio Grande do Norte. Tais rela??es foram permeadas pelo processo de reestrutura??o produtiva e, diante da atual conjuntura econ?mica do Rio Grande do Norte, tendo em vista os rebatimentos dos processos econ?micos no territ?rio, pode-se afirmar que ocorreram mudan?as, sobretudo de car?ter t?cnico e organizacional, no setor mandioqueiro do estado, condicionando assim, a reestrutura??o do circuito espacial de produ??o da mandioca. Este processo deu-se de modo difuso, com perman?ncias e coexist?ncias de pr?ticas e rela??es sociais de produ??o; mas tamb?m de redefini??o das possibilidades e escalas de usos do territ?rio pelo referido circuito espacial produtivo, a partir do papel que passou a ter a mecaniza??o, sobretudo no que se refere ao beneficiamento da mandioca. Entende-se que as discuss?es sobre os circuitos espaciais de produ??o s?o essenciais no entendimento da centralidade da circula??o bem como no encadeamento das diversas etapas produtivas. Nesse sentido, a circula??o ganha destaque, demonstrando o car?ter essencial dos fluxos para a realiza??o da produ??o. Desse modo, o objetivo deste trabalho consistiu em investigar o circuito espacial e os c?rculos de coopera??o da produ??o agroindustrial de mandioca no Rio Grande do Norte, especialmente no que concernem os processos de produ??o, processamento, distribui??o e consumo de mandioca e seus derivados. A metodologia adotada para a elabora??o deste trabalho pautou-se na realiza??o de revis?o e pesquisa bibliogr?fica, pesquisa documental, bem como coleta e sistematiza??o de dados secund?rios, atrav?s de ?rg?os como IBGE, SEBRAE-RN e FIERN. A realiza??o da pesquisa de campo tamb?m foi um importante procedimento metodol?gico, uma vez que permitiu conhecer, a partir da base emp?rica, as diferentes realidades vivenciadas pelos agentes que atuam no circuito espacial de produ??o agroindustrial de mandioca no Rio Grande do Norte. As an?lises empreendidas revelam a aus?ncia e/ou inefic?cia de pol?ticas p?blicas destinadas ? agricultura familiar, especialmente para o universo de produtores vinculados ao circuito espacial de produ??o agroindustrial de mandioca, bem como se observa fragilidades e limites nas a??es que poderiam fomentar o fortalecimento e a pr?pria dinamiza??o do referido circuito espacial produtivo. / In the state of Rio Grande do Norte, cassava cultivation occurs practically throughout the state, having importance even within the scope of its territorial formation process. The beneficiation of this root in the present day is directly associated with the intensification of the relations established between agriculture and industry, although still with little expressiveness, considering the specificities and the reality of Rio Grande do Norte. These relations were permeated by the process of productive restructuring and, given the current economic situation of Rio Grande do Norte, in view of the refutation of the economic processes in the territory, it can be affirmed that there were changes, mainly of a technical and organizational nature, in the sector Mandioqueiro of the state, thus conditioning, the restructuring of the space circuit of cassava production. This process occurred in a diffuse way, with permanences and coexistence of practices and social relations of production; But also to redefine the possibilities and scales of land use by the said productive space circuit, from the role that started to have mechanization, especially with regard to the processing of cassava. It is understood that the discussions about space production circuits are essential in understanding the centrality of the circulation as well as in the chain of the various stages of production. In this sense, circulation gains prominence, demonstrating the essential character of the flows for the realization of production. Thus, the objective of this work was to investigate the spatial circuit and the cooperation circles of cassava agroindustrial production in Rio Grande do Norte, especially regarding the processes of production, processing, distribution and consumption of manioc and its derivatives. The methodology adopted for the elaboration of this work was based on the revision and bibliographical research, documentary research, as well as collection and systematization of secondary data, through organs such as IBGE, SEBRAE-RN and FIERN. The field research was also an important methodological procedure, since it allowed to know, from the empirical basis, the different realities experienced by the agents that act in the spatial circuit of cassava agroindustrial production in Rio Grande do Norte. The analyzes carried out reveal the absence and / or inefficacy of public policies aimed at family agriculture, especially for the universe of producers linked to the space circuit of cassava agroindustrial production, as well as weaknesses and limits in the actions that could promote the strengthening and dynamics of the said productive space circuit.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:10:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManuelTAM_DISSERT.pdf: 4824195 bytes, checksum: 1311a1ea23d6c88b31943ac3a2b3fd49 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The current work it is a research of the spatial circle of salt production and the uses implied by RN salt industry, specifically the city of Macau / RN. Part of the issue - how it gives the uses implied by the spatial distribution of salt in the current historical period, known by some geographers as technical-scientific-informational. The way taken to answer this research was through readings of researches already carried out, field research in government agencies, the use of photographs, questionnaires and interviews. The search for data on production salting, their handling and marketing was one of the methodology steps. The result of this research was the perception of the dynamic activity of salting and uses transmitted within the city of Macau / RN, and the state of Rio Grande do Norte. / O presente trabalho trata-se de uma pesquisa sobre o circuito espacial de produ??o de sal e os usos implicados pelas ind?strias salineiras potiguar, especificamente, do munic?pio de Macau/RN. Parte da quest?o - em que medida se d? os usos implicado pela espacializa??o do sal no per?odo hist?rico atual, conhecidos por alguns ge?grafos como t?cnico cient?fico informacional. O caminho trilhado para responder essa investiga??o foi por meio de leituras de trabalhos j? realizados, pesquisas de campo nas salinas e em ?rg?o p?blicos, a utiliza??o de fotografias, question?rios e entrevistas. A busca de dados sobre a produ??o salineira, sua movimenta??o e comercializa??o foi umas das etapas do caminho metodol?gico. O resultado dessa pesquisa foi ? percep??o da din?mica da atividade salineira e os usos imprimidos no territ?rio no munic?pio de Macau/RN, bem como no estado do Rio Grande do Norte no per?odo hist?rico atual.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-04T19:34:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorRasecBatistaDeAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6448715 bytes, checksum: c8fe360a95e24193e03e625f0858bae3 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-10T00:19:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorRasecBatistaDeAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6448715 bytes, checksum: c8fe360a95e24193e03e625f0858bae3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-10T00:19:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorRasecBatistaDeAzevedo_DISSERT.pdf: 6448715 bytes, checksum: c8fe360a95e24193e03e625f0858bae3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / A produ??o de artefatos t?xteis distribui-se espacialmente no Rio Grande do Norte de modo concentrado nas regi?es Metropolitana de Natal e Serid? Potiguar. Esta ?ltima abriga, aproximadamente, metade das unidades produtivas do estado, onde se destaca o ramo de artefatos dom?sticos. A atividade concentra-se, outrossim, no interior da pr?pria regi?o, sobretudo em sua por??o ocidental, nos munic?pios de Caic?, Currais Novos e Jardim de Piranhas, cuja estrutura produtiva baseia-se em tecnologias obsoletas, em rela??o aos processos produtivos baseados em um elevado grau de capitaliza??o, com a origem local ou regional do capital e uso intensivo de m?o de obra barata e pouco qualificada. Diante do exposto, o presente trabalho tem como questionamento central: como uma atividade com as caracter?sticas da produ??o de artefatos t?xteis no Serid? Potiguar consegue lograr inser??o na din?mica atual dos circuitos espaciais produtivos e coexistir com os sistemas t?cnicos de ordem planet?ria? Desse modo, busca-se analisar o uso do territ?rio pelo circuito espacial produtivo t?xtil, com ?nfase na produ??o de artefatos dom?sticos a partir dos processos, din?mica e conte?do desta na regi?o do Serid? Potiguar. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa, realizou-se revis?o bibliogr?fica, sobretudo a partir de Andrade (1981), Arroyo (2008), Azevedo (2007, 2013), Barrios (2014), Castillo e Frederico (2010), Furtado (1969), Marx (1990, 2011), Moraes (1984), Santos (2012) e Silveira (2010b). Ademais, adotaram-se procedimentos te?rico-metodol?gicos de coleta e sistematiza??o de dados, baseados nas t?cnicas de pesquisa documental, pesquisa de campo ? na qual executou-se a aplica??o de entrevistas com base em roteiros semiestruturados e formul?rios ? articulada com uma base estat?stica. Constatou-se, atrav?s da pesquisa, que, tratando-se do circuito espacial da produ??o de artefatos t?xteis no Serid? Potiguar, os fluxos de mat?ria-prima s?o oriundos principalmente da pr?pria regi?o Nordeste, materializando a exist?ncia de monop?lio no fornecimento desses bens, controlado por empresas do Cear? com filiais no Rio Grande do Norte. Os fluxos do consumo produtivo de m?quinas e equipamentos s?o oriundos exclusivamente da regi?o concentrada, notadamente de S?o Paulo. Por outro lado, o consumo consuntivo ? marcadamente pulverizado, abrangendo sobretudo o Nordeste, e, com menor express?o, as regi?es Norte e Sudeste. Foi poss?vel depreender, outrossim, que o processo de circula??o ? completamente alienado, haja vista que as firmas locais det?m uma capacidade relativa de produ??o, todavia, por ocuparem posi??es subalternas no territ?rio, n?o det?m poder de mercado suficiente para realizar o seu controle, outorgando-lhe a a??o de atravessadores. Nessa esfera, a uni?o vertical dos lugares se sobrep?e em grande medida aos nexos horizontais coadunados ao uso produtivo do territ?rio do Serid? Potiguar. Considera-se que a baixa coes?o social e produtiva entre os agentes do ramo t?xtil verificada no referido recorte se d? pela aus?ncia, em certa medida proposital, do Estado, enquanto promotor de pol?ticas p?blicas, e em detrimento do desenvolvimento da pr?pria atividade na regi?o. As acanhadas iniciativas do Poder P?blico insistem em pensar os ramos produtivos isoladamente, e n?o o territ?rio usado como um todo, isso quando n?o legam, arbitrariamente, o seu papel aos interesses corporativos. / The production of textile artifacts is spatially distributed in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in a way that it is concentrated in the metropolitan area of Natal and in the Serid? Potiguar region. The later houses 49% of the total of production units of the State, with emphasis on the domestic utensils field (FIERN, 2017). The activity is likewise concentrated within the region itself, especially in its western half, in the municipalities of Caic?, Currais Novos and Jardim de Piranhas. Their productive structure is based on obsolete techniques and technologies, with the origin of the capital being local or regional and intensive use of cheap and low-skilled labour. In view of the above, the present study has as central question: how can an activity with the characteristics of the production of textile artefacts in Serid? Potiguar be successfully inserted in the current dynamics of spatial circuits of production and, moreover, coexist with the hegemonic technical systems of planetary order? Therefore, the aim is to analyze the use of the territory by the spatial circuit of textile production, with emphasis on the production of domestic utensils, through its processes, dynamics and content in the region of the Serid? Potiguar. For the development of the research, a bibliographical review was carried out, mainly from Andrade (1981), Arroyo (2008), Azevedo (2007, 2013), Barrios (2014), Castillo and Frederico (2010), Furtado (1969), Marx (1990, 2011), Moraes (1984), Santos (2012) and Silveira (2010b). Furthermore, some theoretical and methodological procedures were adopted to collect and systematize data, based on the techniques of documentary research, field research - in which interviews were executed based on semi-structured scripts and forms - articulated with a spatial descriptive statistical baseline. It was determined, through the research, that in the spatial of production of textile artefacts in Serid? Potiguar, the raw material flow derives mainly from the Northeast region itself, materializing the existence of a monopoly, in these assets supply, controlled by companies from Cear? with subsidiaries in Rio Grande do Norte. The machine's productive consumption flow and equipment comes exclusively from the Concentrated Region, notably from S?o Paulo. Conversely, the consumptive consumption is markedly sprayed, embracing mainly the Northeast and, in a lesser extent, the North and Southeast region. It was possible to conclude that the circulation process is completely alienated, considering that local companies have a relative capacity of production, however, as they occupy subaltern positions in the territory, they do not own market power to hold their control, awarding themselves the middlemen action. In this field, the places vertical union overlaps to a great extent to the horizontal links with the productive use of the Serid? Potiguar territory. Considering that the low social and productive cohesion between the textile field agents verified in the mentioned cut by means of the absent, to a certain extent, of the State, as a public policies promoter, and in detriment of the development of the activity itself in the region. The shy initiatives of the Public Power insists on thinking about the productive branches in isolation, and not the territory used as a whole, when they do not arbitrarily transfer their role to the corporative interests.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-01-26T20:18:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DenisCarlosDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 7885827 bytes, checksum: c9c3e535b7ad4c715b8d229540011bd2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-01-29T19:15:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DenisCarlosDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 7885827 bytes, checksum: c9c3e535b7ad4c715b8d229540011bd2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-29T19:15:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DenisCarlosDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 7885827 bytes, checksum: c9c3e535b7ad4c715b8d229540011bd2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-27 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / A produ??o sucroalcooleira consiste na principal atividade produtiva do estado de Alagoas, abrigando uma estrutura composta por 25 unidades de produ??o que representa a base econ?mica de mais da metade dos seus munic?pios, se constituindo no maior produtor do setor sucroalcooleiro do Norte-Nordeste, exportando seus produtos para pa?ses de diferentes continentes. Nesse sentido, buscou-se no presente trabalho, compreender a configura??o do circuito espacial de produ??o sucroalcooleira em Alagoas a partir do uso do territ?rio, analisado ? luz dos eventos mais significativos relacionados ao setor e, ainda, o conjunto de normas estabelecidas pelo Estado, atrav?s de ?rg?os, a exemplo do Instituto do A??car e ?lcool (IAA), e de programas como o Programa Nacional do ?lcool (Pro?lcool), dentre outros, que possu?am a fun??o de estruturar e carrear recursos para o setor sucroalcooleiro. Observou-se que os investimentos realizados proporcionaram uma renova??o das t?cnicas abrigadas no arcabou?o produtivo sucroalcooleiro. Inicialmente, com a substitui??o dos engenhos pelas usinas e, posteriormente, o aperfei?oamento do processo agr?cola e fabril com maior aproveitamento dos subprodutos, al?m da integra??o produtiva das inst?ncias, especialmente com a produ??o de a??car, ?lcool e gera??o de energia, intensificando uma maior participa??o do estado na divis?o internacional do trabalho, conferindo-lhe uma estrutura organizacional segmentada pelos grandes agentes hegem?nicos desse processo. Dessa forma, a configura??o geogr?fica sucroalcooleira at? ent?o existente no territ?rio alagoano, foi reestruturada e o circuito, cada vez mais, passa a constituir movimentos multiescalares, subsidiados pelos c?rculos de coopera??o. Contudo, tal configura??o demonstrou-se subserviente ao mercado mundial, o que cada vez mais condiciona a ado??o de pr?ticas hegem?nicas que se distanciam das viv?ncias e projetos locais. A verticalidade imposta disponibiliza uma configura??o que n?o lhe ? peculiar, que apenas serve para responder aos comandos dos grandes agentes hegem?nicos, caracterizando a continuidade do processo capitalista vigente. Ou seja, as empresas sucroalcooleiras usam corporativamente o territ?rio como recurso para obter mais lucratividade e assim dominar o maior n?mero de mercados consumidores / The sugarcane production consists in the principal product activity in the state of Alagoas, holding a structure composed of 25 unities of production that represents the economic base of more than a half of its municipies, what make it be the biggest producer of the sector in North and Northwest, exporting its products for countries in different continents. From this reference, it was searched in the present work, to understand the configuration of the circuit space production of sugar cane in Alagoas, from the use of the territory, trough the analyses of the more significant events related to the sector, and, the established rules by the State, through the government, by organs like Institute of Sugar and Alcohol (IAA), and programs like National Alcohol Program (Pro?lcool), between others, that had as function to structure and to allocate resources to the sugar cane sector. It was realized that the investments done made possible the renovation of techniques used in the sugar cane complex. In the beginning, with the substitution of the mill for factories and, afterwards, the improvement of the agriculture and factory process themselves, improving the utilization of the byproduct, and the productive integration of instances, specially with the sugar, cane, electricity generation production, intensifying the participation of the state in the internation division of labor, giving it a organization structure divided by big hegemonic agents of this process. SO, the sugar cane geographic configuration existing in alagoano territory was restructured and the circuit even more pass to constitute movement of many scales, subsidized by cooperation circles. However, this configuration showed itself subservient to world commerce, what conditions the adoption of hegemonic practices that are far from the local projects and living practices. The verticality imposed offers a configuration that isn?t peculiar, that only serves to answer to the big hegemonic agent commands, characterizing the continuity of the present capitalism process. It means that the sugar cane factories use corporately the territory as resource to obtain more lucrativity and this way dominate the bigger quantity of consumer commerce

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:10:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SandraPA_DISSERT_.pdf: 6038687 bytes, checksum: 3a64b39d14e021c1abe47d90598f9430 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-22 / Our study refers to the state of Rio Grande do Norte against the deployment of oil activity in their territory. In this sense the aim of this work was to analyze the presence of the loop space of the oil production system linked to objects and actions on the Rio Grande do Norte territory. From the so-called "oil shock", an event that caused global developments in several countries, Petr?leo Brasileiro S/A (PETROBRAS) increased investments in drilling geological basins in Brazil. In the year 1973 was drilled in the sea area well which led to commercial production of oil and gas in Rio Grande do Norte. From that point on were added in some parts of the Potiguar territory, large systems of coupled objects to actions caused by several agents. In this context, geographic situations have been reorganized due to an unprecedented space circuit production accompanied by a new circle of cooperation. In the state happen all instances of the circuit: the production, distribution and consumption. In light of the theory of the geographical area seek to direct our thoughts to the operation of these bodies, and they are linked to material and immaterial flows multiscales. This perspective allows us to think the territory of Rio Grande do Norte entered into a new territorial division of labor characterized by specialization regional production. Oil activity was implemented in the territory of Rio Grande do Norte at a time marked by productive restructuring of various economic sectors. The oil sector has been acting increasingly linked the scientific and informational, with a view to increasing productivity. The presence of this circuit demanded the territory, specifically the Mossor?, an organizational structure that is different from the vast system nationally integrated private commercial corporations to small corporations, all of them relating directly or indirectly to PETROBRAS. The flows between companies whose headquarters are located in distant states and even countries have generated a continuous movement of goods, people, information and ideas, which is also causing new materialities in the territory / Nosso estudo se remete ao estado do Rio Grande do Norte frente ? implanta??o da atividade petrol?fera em seu territ?rio. Nesse sentido o objetivo geral do trabalho consistiu em analisar a presen?a do circuito espacial da produ??o petrol?fera vinculado ao sistema de objetos e de a??es presentes no territ?rio norte-rio-grandense. A partir do chamado choque do petr?leo , acontecimento mundial que causou desdobramentos em v?rios pa?ses, a Petr?leo Brasileiro S/A (PETROBRAS) aumentou os investimentos em perfura??es nas bacias geol?gicas brasileiras. No ano de 1973 foi perfurado em ?rea mar?tima o po?o que deu origem ? produ??o comercial de petr?leo e g?s no Rio Grande do Norte. Desse momento em diante foram acrescentados em algumas parcelas do territ?rio potiguar, grandes sistemas de objetos, juntamente, ?s a??es provocadas por agentes diversos. Nesse contexto, situa??es geogr?ficas foram reorganizadas em fun??o de um in?dito circuito espacial de produ??o acompanhado de um novo c?rculo de coopera??o. No estado acontecem todas as inst?ncias do circuito: a produ??o, a distribui??o e o consumo. ? luz da teoria do espa?o geogr?fico procuramos direcionar as nossas reflex?es ao funcionamento destas inst?ncias, estando elas ligadas a fluxos materiais e imateriais multiescalares. Essa perspectiva nos autoriza a pensar o territ?rio norte-rio-grandense inserido em uma nova divis?o territorial do trabalho marcada pela especializa??o regional produtiva. A atividade petrol?fera implantou-se no territ?rio norte-rio-grandense em um momento marcado pela reestrutura??o produtiva de diversos segmentos econ?micos. O setor petrol?fero passou a atuar cada vez mais atrelado ?s bases cient?ficas e informacionais, tendo em vista o aumento da produtividade. A presen?a desse circuito demandou ao territ?rio, mais especificamente a Mossor?, uma diversa estrutura organizacional que ocorre desde o vasto sistema nacionalmente integrado de corpora??es comerciais privadas at? as pequenas empresas, todas elas relacionando-se diretamente ou indiretamente com a PETROBRAS. Os fluxos entre empresas, cujas sedes localizam-se em estados e mesmo pa?ses distantes, t?m gerado um movimento cont?nuo de produtos, pessoas, informa??es e ideias, o que vem provocando tamb?m novas materialidades no territ?rio

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:10:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlexandreAA_DISSERT.pdf: 8437601 bytes, checksum: 276feb47e5b2fd84d5d873754f340750 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-24 / In recent decades the production of irrigated fruits destined to supply the foreign market reveals itself as an expression of the thriving agricultural modernization, consisting an important and dynamic segment of Brazilian agribusiness, especially in the Northeast. The Rio Grande do Norte contributes to this scenario through the production of several tropical fruit, especially melon production in the municipalities of Bara?na/RN and Mossor?/ RN. Accordingly, the overall goal of the study is to understand the agricultural use of the territory of Rio Grande do Norte by irrigated orcharding from the circuit productive space configuration of melon. The outlook presented in the work on the irrigated agriculture developed in Rio Grande do Norte reveals that it falls within an agricultural division of labor, through productive specialization of places that have natural and technical conditions favorable to the exploitation and reproduction of capitals. The land use caused by circuit productive space melon enables flows of tangible and intangible consolidate a extraverted network of production and consumption in order to meet the requirements of foreign markets / Nas ?ltimas d?cadas a produ??o de frutas irrigadas destinadas ao abastecimento do mercado externo revela-se como express?o pujante da moderniza??o agr?cola, constituindose um segmento importante e din?mico do agroneg?cio brasileiro, em especial na regi?o Nordeste. O Rio Grande do Norte contribui com esse cen?rio por meio da produ??o de diversas frut?colas tropicais, com destaque para a produ??o do mel?o nos munic?pios de Bara?na/RN e Mossor?/RN. Nesse sentido, o objetivo geral do trabalho ? compreender o uso agr?cola do territ?rio do Rio Grande do Norte pela fruticultura irrigada, a partir da configura??o do circuito espacial produtivo do mel?o. O panorama apresentado no trabalho, sobre a atividade agr?cola irrigada desenvolvida no Rio Grande do Norte revela que o mesmo insere-se dentro de uma divis?o agr?cola do trabalho, por meio da especializa??o produtiva dos lugares que apresentem condi??es t?cnicas e naturais favor?veis ? explora??o e reprodu??o de capitais. O uso do territ?rio provocado pelo circuito espacial produtivo do mel?o possibilita que fluxos materiais e imateriais consolidem uma rede extravertida de produ??o e consumo, visando atender as exig?ncias do mercado externo