National Program to Strengthen Family Farming: an analysis of the regional distribution of resources in Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:

• Autor(a) principal: Endruweit Battisti, Iara Denise
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Writzl, Darlan Nei, Rotta, Edemar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/17880
• topic: Public policy; Family farming; Functional region; Política pública; Agricultura familiar; Región funcional; Política pública; Agricultura familiar; Região funcional

The National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) is the federal government's main program to support family farming. Therefore, it is important to evaluate this public policy to verify if, despite the high amounts bestowed, it manages to benefit the diverse group of beneficiaries. The objective is to identify factors that influence the distribution of Pronaf resources in municipalities that are part of one of the nine Functional Planning Regions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, RF7, composed of the COREDEs Celeiro, Noroeste Colonial, Fronteira Noroeste, and Missões. In this study, a quantitative approach with correlational scope was used. Data were collected for 2017 from two public databases: the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics as well as the Central Bank of Brazil. Univariate and bivariate statistical techniques were applied using the statistical software R. The results demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between the resources accessed through Pronaf in the RF7 municipalities and the amount of commodities (soybean, corn, and wheat) produced, the number of tractors per capita, and the percentage of establishments that use pesticides. There is an indirect correlation between the percentage of establishments classified as Pronaf B (lower income) and the percentage of establishments run by women. Furthermore, there were no correlations with the percentage of establishments run by people under 25 years of age. It is hoped that this study will help public policy makers identify some weaknesses of Pronaf and apply improvements to meet the heterogeneity of family farming.