Dissertação
Políticas públicas e diversidade na agricultura familiar: um estudo do Pronaf em Cachoeira do Sul/RS
Fecha
2012-01-19Registro en:
VARGAS, Daiane Loreto de. PUBLIC POLICY AND FAMILY DIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURE: A STUDY OF THE WATERFALL IN SOUTH PRONAF / RS. 2012. 141 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Agronomia) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2012.
Autor
Vargas, Daiane Loreto de
Institución
Resumen
This article discusses the distinction that the National Program for
Strengthening Family Farming (PRONAF) promotes among farmers in Cachoeira
do Sul / RS, given that we are referring to a very heterogeneous social category,
which includes over 80% of farms in Brazil. Which was built to provide the basis
for public policy, created in the mid 90's and throughout its history has gone
through many changes. Currently PRONAF operates in almost all municipalities in
the country, have varying interest rates and financing agricultural credit in
accordance with the guidelines of the different economic groups of farmers. But
even acting in these conditions, the program has failed to meet the needs of the
great heterogeneity of producers embraces the concept of family farming. Thus,
this study aimed to: understand what are the differences between those farmers
who access and those without access to PRONAF and the reasons for that
decision, considered the characteristics of the plant and in the same
socioeconomic study site. Thus, we performed a search in Cachoeira do Sul / RS,
which was used for a qualitative and quantitative methodology, but with greater
attention to qualitative aspects of research, since it had as its goal the
understanding and quantification not numbers. We use the techniques of
observation, semi-structured open interviews, a field diary, analysis of documents
and photographs of the site. Where 35 farmers were interviewed in eleven
locations within the municipality, 18 and 17 non-pronafianos pronafianos, and
mediators of the organs (EMATER, STR, AF and Branch). The survey results
indicate that PRONAF promotes a fairly sharp distinction between the farmers,
non-pronafianos generally have lower incomes, live in smaller properties, make
use of traditional technologies, have few social relationships and afraid to go into
debt with bank branches. These differences are known mediators of the organs,
but they eschew the situation and the distance between pronafianos and nonpronafianos
in Cachoeira do Sul.