Catégories : Tous - development - rural - farming - policies

par Jesús Antonio Il y a 6 années

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The study delves into the spatial distribution of development conditions for family farmers in Brazil, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for advancing rural development.

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AUTORS GABRIEL MEDINA, CAMILA ALMEIDA, EVANDRO NOVAES, JAVIER GODAR and BENNO POKORNY

Key words Rural development Agricultural policies Family farming Indicator Socio-economic Competitive bussines Green revolution Challenges Resilience Investiment technology Quilombolas Caipiras Posseiros

TOPIC GENERAL This study analyzes the spatial distribution of development conditions for family farmers in Brazil, discussing the challenges and potential for sound rural development.

A LESSON FROM BRAZIL

DEVELOPMENT CONDITION FOR FAMILY FARMING

Key words


  1. Rural development
  2. Agricultural policies
  3. Family farming
  4. Indicator Socio-economic
  5. Competitive bussines
  6. Green revolution
  7. challenges
  8. Resilience
  9. investiment technology
  10. Quilombol
  11. Caipiras
  12. Posseiros

4. Report on analytical findings

Comprehensive Picture of Family farming

5. Results and discussed

(c) Strategies
(b) Context

And just 5.45% belong to cooperatives.

No more than 24.46% are highly integrated into markets.

Only 33.81% adopt basic technologies such as soil fertilization

68.26% having access to electricity.

Farmers also face an unfavorable institutional context with only 12.77% benefiting from agricultural policies.

6. Conclusions

Key words


  1. Rural development
  2. Agricultural policies
  3. Family farming
  4. Indicator Socio-economic
  5. Competitive bussines
  6. Green revolution
  7. challenges
  8. Resilience
  9. investiment technology
  10. Quilombolas
  11. Caipiras
  12. Posseiros


An alternative rural development approach is needed and it has to evolve from the one-size-fits-all current approach to encourage local potentials.
Such results suggest an abysm between the present situation and the one required for family farming to realize its potential role in poverty alleviation, food security and economic growth.

3. Methodologically assessed and analyzed

* Brazilian Agricultural Census of 2006 * Law n 11.326, July 24, 2006 * Definition of family farming adopted by FAO and INCRA. The municipalities received a score from 1 to 5 according to their correspondence quintile (e.g., proportions of 0–20% are associated to one point, between 20% and less than 40% got two points, etc.).

2. The factor shaping farmers performance

Strategies
Socio-economic Integration
Integrate into Markets
Adopt Technologies
Context
Access to Infraestructure
Agricultural Polices
Assets
Capital
Family Labor
Land

1. Insights into the Family form sector

Family farmer in Brazil
In spite of differences between all these groups, often they share common characteristics such as social marginalization in relation to large farmers, reliance on family workforce, poverty, isolation, informal land tenure, and high spatial mobility.