The State and its Impact on Emater-Pr

• Autor(a) principal: Sepulcri, Odilio
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Paula, Nilson Maciel de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Paranaense de Desenvolvimento (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/14
• topic: Emater-PR; Rural extension.; Extension agent; Embrater; Technical assistance; Emater-PR; Extensão rural; Extensionista; Embrater; Assistência técnica

This article aims to analyze the main changes undergone by Emater-PR from 1985 to 2004, and its strategies in the context of the recent changes in the State apparatus. For that, it focuses on the evolution of rural extension and on the profile of the public that is predominantly assisted by that institution. We analyzed the paths followed by rural extension in Parana andthe prospects provided for this institution after the implementation of some reforms within the State apparatus, in the mentioned period. Throughout the time, a new architecture in the official institutions, formerly turned to agriculture development, has started to reflect a process of redefining the role performed by Emater-PR. More than this, the emergence of new agents and organizations has been filling the void left by the State, in a tendency that has made those producers less capitalized and with lower competitive potential, on the margins of the new technical assistance system centered on the market. The current frailty of the official assistance institutions that work with these agriculturalists makes significant and challengingthe task of providing this segment with some better surviving alternatives in a more competitive market, so it can achieve better social conditions.