Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER): training and knowledge for family farming in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Emanoel Márcio
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva, Vivian Menezes da, Sá, Vinicius Claudino de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/14174
• topic: Agricultura familiar. Política pública. Desenvolvimento rural. Extensionista.; Family Farming. Public policy. Rural development. Extensionist.; Agricultura familiar. Política pública. Desarrollo rural. Extensionista.

The objective is to analyze the training of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension technicians and the necessary knowledge to engender rural development processes, considering that ATER is a policy that promotes innovation in family farming through specific actions that modify the reality of rural areas and actors involved. The methodology consisted of the use of primary and secondary data. The first being the application of a structured questionnaire to 135 extensionists from the Institute of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (EMATER), from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, from March to June 2018. The latter through analysis of information, especially from the regional EMATER and the Special Secretariat of Family Farming and Agrarian Development (SEAD), through the General Coordination of Strategic Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. As a result, there was a need for a less diffusionist and more extensionist character for training at the technical, technologist and higher level. As for knowledge, themes related to the diversification and innovation of family farming prevailed, considering including and building markets.