Agricultura familiar: uma perspectiva de crescimento e de desenvolvimento em Santana do Livramento/ RS

Abstract

Family farms since its inception had importance in relation to food production, presently it has a strong presence in supplying the domestic market. As the agricultural census 2006 note that family farming occupies a not very expressive piece of land extension, but its production can be higher than the unfamiliar in many agricultural crops. Thus, this research aims to analyze the dynamics and productive organization of family farming with farmers of the locality of the Cerro Munhoz, Santana do Livramento city / RS. It is an applied research, qualitative, descriptive, documentary on the case study method. Based interviews were conducted in a semi-structured with open and closed questions it was also used secondary data from reports obtained from the rural areas of Santana do Livramento organizations. The sample is composed of six producers residents of the Hill of Munhoz region that cultivated milk, grape or pear in the year 2014/2015 crop that covers the period from 01/07/2014 to 30/06/2015. The main results of the survey there was a need to use public policies for strengthening family agriculture, such as policies for the acquisition of credit to finance agricultural production and policies to assist the integration of farmers in the market. It was found farmer participation in programs such as PRONAF (National Program to Strengthen Family Agriculture), PAA (Food Procurement Program) and PNAE (National School Meals Program). It is the use of cooperative system by farmers and the need for a sales outlet for its production, which enabled the creation of a cooperative production as a means of collective trade, particularly milk production is considered very significant between the analyzed crops. It was also observed that farmers are using many ways for marketing, including outdoor fairs, one of the oldest methods of sale. It should be noted that all farmers interviewed have always had connection with the activity of agriculture, heritage passed several generations.