Estrat?gias de pol?ticas p?blicas para o fortalecimento da agricultura familiar: estudo de caso no distrito de Cocais, munic?pio de Bar?o de Cocais (MG)

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Rejane Beatriz
• Orientador(a): Assis, Renato Linhares de
• Banca de defesa: Espindola, Jos? Ant?nio Azevedo, Faver, Leonardo Ciuffo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Agricultura Org?nica
• Departamento: Instituto de Agronomia
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: agroecologia; mercados institucionais; pluriatividade
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: agroecology; institutional markets; pluriactivity.
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: Agronomia
• Link de acesso: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1310

This study aims to examine how public policies for rural areas may contribute to the strengthening of family farming. It is based on case study in Cocais, a district in the city of Bar?o de Cocais (MG). The research seeks to understand the relationship of family farmers and their strategies of work and production, considering public policies for the rural sector, face the reality experienced by the families farmers of the district in question. The district is housed in a pressure environment and labor dispute with the mining sector, the main economic activity of the municipality. It was used documentary analysis methodology and literature review about the history of Cocais district, and interviews based on open guide, applied to 20 families of farmers in the district attended by technicians of EMATER-MG. Data were collected in relation to property size, age, level of education, production, income, known and acessed public policy, and agroecological practices, marketing channels. The obtained results indicated that the size of the properties allowed farmers to PRONAF access, using agroecological practices in the production units. The study revealed that farmers in the district have accessed various public policies (PRONAF, LIGHT FOR ALL, PAA, PNAE, FAMILY HEALTH PROGRAM, ATER) for rural areas. In addition, it was identified other non-agricultural activities with potential to be developed in the region, indicating the importance of pluriactivity to promote local development actions. It was also found an aging population and declining male labor in the field. Family farmers suffering even with the pressure of mining activity, have invested in production, accessed new marketing channels, such as fairs, exhibitions and institutional markets (PAA, PNAE), generating new jobs and income. This entry into new markets has also allowed the return of people to farming, as well as improving the quality of life in rural areas, confirming the important role of public policy in strengthening family farming.