Development Conditions for Family Farming: Lessons From Brazil

Medina, Gabriel; Almeida, C.O. de; Novaes, Evandro; Godar, Javier; Pokorny, Benno

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.023

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“…Fostering these conditions is essential for any effort seeking to replicate such success stories. This more nuanced approach to detecting the attributes of households that define what is cultural appropriate and economically feasible would result in an improved regional typology of rural households beyond "small" or "family," as has been advocated by previous studies in the Global South (Reardon and Vosti 1995, Sunderlin et al 2005, da Silva 2009, Medina et al 2015.…”

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Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon

Garrett¹,

Gardner²,

Morello³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT. Tropical forests continue to be plagued by the dual sustainability challenges of deforestation and rural poverty. We seek to understand why many of the farmers living in the Brazilian Amazon, home to the world's largest tropical agricultural-forest frontier, persist in agricultural activities associated with low incomes and high environmental damage. To answer this question, we assess the factors that shape the development and distribution of agricultural activities and farmer well-being in these frontiers. Our study utilizes a uniquely comprehensive social-ecological dataset from two regions in the eastern Brazilian Amazon and employs a novel conceptual framework that highlights the interdependencies between household attributes, agricultural activities, and well-being. We find that livestock production, which yields the lowest per hectare incomes, remains the most prevalent land use in remote areas, but many examples of high income fruit, horticulture, and staple crop production exist on small properties, particularly in peri-urban areas. The transition to more profitable land uses is limited by lagging supply chain infrastructure, social preferences, and the fact that income associated with land use activities is not a primary source of perceived life quality. Instead subjective well-being is more heavily influenced by the nonmonetary attributes of a rural lifestyle (safety, tranquility, community relations, etc.). We conclude that transitions away from low-income land uses in agricultural-forest frontiers of the Brazilian Amazon need not abandon a land-focused vision of development, but will require policies and programs that identify and discriminate households based on a broader set of household assets, cultural attributes, and aspirations than are traditionally applied. At a broader scale, access to distant markets for high value crops must be improved via investments in processing, storage, and marketing infrastructure.

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Section: Implications For Improving Environmental and Agricultural Comentioning

confidence: 99%

Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon

Garrett¹,

Gardner²,

Morello³

et al. 2017

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“…Family farming also stands out in the livestock sector, accounting for 60% of milk production, and accounts for 59% of pork production and 50% of poultry in the country. There is an interest in supporting family farming so that it becomes more competitive sector, as a strategy for poverty reduction, food security and economic growth (Medina et al, 2015); for this the construction and implementation of public policies is indispensable. Grisa and Schneider (2014) defined three generations of Brazilian public policy in the family farming sector, in distinct periods and contexts.…”

Section: Three Generations Of Brazilian Public Policy On Family Farmingmentioning

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Public policy on the family farming sector in Brazil: Towards a model of sustainable agriculture

Silva¹,

Santâ€TMAna²,

Maia³

2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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This study is based on a review of the literature that analyses the repercussions of the principal public policies established for the promotion of the family farming sector in Brazil. In this review, the processes that have contributed to the establishment of these policies are assessed critically, together with their mechanisms and the connections for the evaluation of their contributions to the promotion of sustainable production systems. The review was based on a wide range of sources, including books, journals, and other scientific papers, in particular those published by the principal authors in this field, in addition to the databases of Brazilian governmental institutions. The analysis focuses primarily on the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (PRONAF), the baseline for all other policies, as well as the recently-established Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Policy (PNATER), and the government food purchasing programmes. Despite advances, a number of important limitations were found, in particular in relation to credit programmes and the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension, for the development of models of sustainable agriculture. Overall, many of the mechanisms found in the policies analyzed are oriented towards conventional production systems, which cause socioenvironmental impacts that contradict the goals of sustainable rural development.

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“…Considerando a agricultura familiar, Medina et al (2015) destacam três fatores que contribuem para o sucesso da mesma: a) os ativos disponíveis: o Percebe-se, então, que a comercialização de produtos alimentícios no SIAL requer estratégias de governança coordenadas e adequadas para o desenvolvimento territorial. A abordagem possibilita a análise de arranjos econômicos, considerando as relações sociais, pois a proximidade e os laços sociais gerados in uenciam nos comportamentos econômicos dos atores sociais (AMBROSINI; FILIPPI; MIGUEL, 2008).…”

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“…Nesta pesquisa optou-se por identi car a contribuição do registro de IG de café para o desenvolvimento territorial das regiões Mantiqueira de Minas e Norte Pioneiro do Paraná, considerando as dimensões: a) identidade territorial (ROCA; MOURÃO, 2003); b) papel do Estado como regulador de mercado, apoio à produção e fornecedor de assistência técnica (CAZELLA, 2011;MEDINA et al, 2015); c) integração entre produtores e mercado (ABRAMOVAY, 2003;MEDINA et al, 2015); d) integração socioeconômica por meio de cooperação e ações coletivas (ABRAMOVAY, 2003;CAZELLA, 2011;MEDINA et al, 2015).…”

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“…Para a análise da contribuição da coordenação no desenvolvimento do território sob os conceitos advindos da abordagem SIAL, as categorias de análise utilizadas foram identidade territorial, o papel do Estado; integração entre produtores e mercado; e integração socioeconômica (ABRAMOVAY, 2003;ROCA;MOURÃO, 2003;CAZELLA, 2011;MEDINA et al, 2015).…”

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Coordenação na agricultura familiar e o desenvolvimento territorial: o caso das indicações geográficas para o café

Pereira

2016

Polit. Soc.

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ResumoAs Indicações Geográficas (IGs) são registros que garantem a qualidade e a reputação de um produto, ligando-o à sua origem, reduzindo as assimetrias informacionais e protegendo o território das ações oportunistas. Considerando as dificuldades encontradas pelos agricultores familiares para acessar mercados, esta pesquisa analisou como esses registros favorecem a coordenação do sistema agroalimentar de café na agricultura familiar e quais suas contribuições para o desenvolvimento territorial, especificamente nos territórios da Mantiqueira, em Minas Gerais, e no Norte Pioneiro do Paraná. A Nova Economia Institucional sustentou a análise da compreensão da coordenação vertical, considerando a escolha da estrutura de governança eficiente. Já a abordagem de Sistemas Agroalimentares Localizados auxiliou na compreensão da coordenação horizontal e do desenvolvimento territorial. Um estudo de casos múltiplos foi realizado, cujos resultados apontaram que a Indicação Geográfica contribui, principalmente, para a coordenação horizontal na medida em que reforça os laços entre os atores sociais que compõem o território.Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar. Indicações geográficas. Coordenação. Desenvolvimento territorial.

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Development Conditions for Family Farming: Lessons From Brazil

Cited by 78 publications

References 31 publications

Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon

Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon

Public policy on the family farming sector in Brazil: Towards a model of sustainable agriculture

Coordenação na agricultura familiar e o desenvolvimento territorial: o caso das indicações geográficas para o café

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