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2. Desenvolvimento rural endógeno em ambientes de montanha a partir do envolvimento das redes rurais em laços de reciprocidade.
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Jarouche Aun, Nádia, Linhares de Assis, Renato, and Rodrigues, Orlando
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RURAL development , *SUSTAINABILITY , *SPACE perception , *GOVERNMENT policy , *SOCIAL networks , *ECOLOGY , *RURAL women - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to bring the theory of reciprocity closer to the rural networks analysis methodology, in the context of endogenous rural development in mountain environments. The main idea behind the concept of rural networks is to give a new meaning to the expression 'rural development'. This re-signification arises from the observation of the diversity of territories and populations that exist in regions that are making the border between rural and urban increasingly invisible. Moreover, from this finding, the authors identify the need for a new methodology that can, at the same time, look at the spaces through the concept of networks and think rural development as something beyond mercantile exchanges. The proposal to approach the theory of reciprocity is to better understand, and hence justify, a differentiated look within social organizations, their functioning and the interconnections that can coexist within groups. It was found, in both theories, points of convergence; one of them is to make increasingly the formulation, application and analysis of public policies. A second point is the perception of spaces from the concept of social networks. Thus, it is in the junction of very close thoughts that the article proposes the analysis of these new forms of territories occupation, especially those that are in mountainous regions and are destined to the rural production in sustainable bases, with the objective of contributing with the construction of knowledge in the scenarios of public policies and endogenous rural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. AS DIFICULDADES DE IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DOS PROGRAMAS DE APOIO À AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR NO BRASIL.
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de Arruda Saron, Flávio, de Castro Neves Neto, Carlos, and Nivaldo Hespanhol, Antonio
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This article is intended to analyze the actions of three programs for family agriculture support in national level: the National Program for Strengthening of Family Agriculture (PRONAF), the Program for Acquisition of Foods (PAA) and the National Program for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas (PRONAT), by means of distinct strategies, namely: granting of subsidized credit, acquisition of farming and livestock production and fomentation of actions to develop the territory. However, their operation presents several issues, which renders it difficult to accomplish their objectives. For this paper, a survey was carried out on data from official sources and documents. Thus, we could observe that, despite the relevance of these three public policies in the fomentation of rural development, family farmers are still facing difficulties to commercialize their production, to access credit and are also affected by lack of technical assistance. Another problem observed was the priority given to modern agriculture, even in actions of support to family agricultures, as occurs with PRONAF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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4. Multifuncionalidade da paisagem como subsídio às políticas públicas para o desenvolvimento rural sustentável.
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Loch, Carlos, Rebollar, Paola Beatriz May, Rosenfeldt, Yuzi Anai Zanardo, and Walkoski, Marines
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The concept of multifunctionality suggests that agriculture provides to society productive, ecological, and cultural functions. Public policies that promote a combination of different functions can improve multifunctional landscape performance. The objective of this paper is to present an evaluation method of multifunctional landscapes based on values systems of local stakeholders that can be used to support the development of public policies for rural development. This method used a geographic information system to identify the elements present in the study area located in the city of Joinville, Santa Catarina, between 2010 and 2012. From interviews with 53 people were assigned values for 15 descriptors representing the productive, ecological and cultural features of each element identified. These values were weighted considering the percentage of area occupied by each element and its form index. The weighted results showed the best multifunctional performance with the Water Resources opposed to Agroecosystems. The proposed method has advantages because it allows: a) quantifying the intuitive perceptions facilitating the interpretation of complex situations, b) assess rural landscapes at different scales, c) understand the performance of each function and the balance between the functions of the landscape. But, it also has weaknesses: a) is not objective, since it derives from viewpoints b) responses may get interference related to the attitude of the researcher c) the results have limited validity in time and space, d) commitment of respondents defi ne the validity of the results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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5. Presence and potentials of family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sergio Schneider
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0301 basic medicine ,Economic growth ,Latin Americans ,Distribution (economics) ,Desenvolvimento rural ,Public policies ,Social group ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Politics ,Aspectos sociais [América Latina] ,Political science ,Políticas públicas ,Rural development ,Family farming ,lcsh:Human ecology. Anthropogeography ,lcsh:Social sciences (General) ,Agricultura familiar ,General Environmental Science ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Food security ,Poverty ,business.industry ,Agricultura familiar. America Latina. Desenvolvimento rural. Políticas públicas ,lcsh:H ,Latin America ,Agriculture ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,lcsh:H1-99 ,lcsh:GF1-900 ,business - Abstract
A agricultura familiar constitui o grupo social majoritário de unidades produtivas do meio rural latino-americano. Nos anos recentes, houve avanços importantes em relação ao reconhecimento de seu papel no desenvolvimento rural e na superação da pobreza. Várias organizações internacionais lançaram estudos para afirmar o papel estratégico dos pequenos produtores na segurança alimentar. Neste artigo, apresenta-se a agricultura familiar na América Latina e no Caribe e se discute a sua presença em diferentes países mediante o uso de dados estatísticos disponíveis, assim como se analisa as suas potencialidades para fortalecer o desenvolvimento rural. O trabalho inicia com uma discussão sobre os elementos que contribuíram para o interesse crescente dos estudiosos e formuladores de políticas na agricultura familiar e, na sequência, analisa-se suas características e a distribuição em diferentes países. O trabalho conclui que a agricultura familiar possui um papel central para o desenvolvimento rural da região latinoamericana e encerra com uma análise sobre as principais potencialidades em face do quadro político e institucional. Family farming represent the major social group of farm units in rural Latin American. In recent years, there have been important advances in relation to the recognition of its role in rural development and to overcome poverty. Several international organizations have launched studies to support the strategic role of smallholder farmers in food security. This article presents the family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean and discusses its presence in different countries through the use of available statistical data, as well as analyzing their potential to enhance rural development. The paper begins with a discussion of the main features that contributed to the growing interest of scholars and policy makers in family farming and further one analyse its characteristics and distribution along different countries. The study concludes that family farming has a central role in rural development in Latin American and end up with an analysis of the main strengths in the current political and institutional framework.
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- 2016
6. Questão agrária e desenvolvimento Rural: condições de habitação e infraestrutura dos domicílios rurais do assentamento Antônio de Farias no município de Campos dos Goytacazes - RJ
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Durães, Rafaela Gonçalves da Silva and Ney, Vanuza da Siva Pereira
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Public Policies ,Políticas Públicas ,lcsh:Agriculture ,índice de infraestrutura domiciliar ,políticas públicas ,Campos dos Goytacazes ,lcsh:S ,campos dos goytacazes ,desenvolvimento rural ,Rural Development ,Home Infrastructure Index ,Desenvolvimento Rural ,Índice De Infraestrutura Domiciliar - Abstract
The literature on land reform in Brazil has shown that land tenure does not guarantee success in productive activities. In this sense, this article aims to investigate the potentialities of land reform as a policy of income distribution, settlement of men in the countryside and improvement of the settlers' quality of life, as well as to analyze the housing conditions and home infrastructure of the Antonio de Farias settlement, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The first part of this paper consisted of a brief review of the literature on the necessity and feasibility of land reform policy. The other part consisted of field research through a settlement questionnaire, analyzing the housing characteristics and home infrastructure. This questionnaire was randomly applied to the resident settlers of the nine nuclei of the study area. The instrument included a series of open and closed questions, and the research was primary. To assess the housing and infrastructure conditions of the rural households of the Antonio de Farias settlement, an index was calculated using the same methodology as Kageyama (2003), which became known as Iconi. As a result, there was a high level of the index, which indicates that Antonio de Farias settlers have a good housing structure. A literatura sobre a reforma agrária no Brasil tem mostrado que a posse da terra não garante o êxito nas atividades produtivas. Nesse sentido, este artigo tem por objetivo investigar as potencialidades da reforma agrária como política de distribuição de renda, fixação do homem no campo e melhoria da qualidade de vida dos assentados, bem como analisar as condições de habitação e infraestrutura domiciliar do assentamento Antônio de Farias, localizado no estado do Rio de Janeiro. A primeira parte deste trabalho consistiu em uma breve revisão da literatura sobre a necessidade e a viabilidade da política de reforma agrária. A outra parte consistiu em pesquisa de campo, por meio de um questionário no assentamento, analisando as características de habitação e infraestrutura domiciliar. Este questionário foi aplicado de forma aleatória para os assentados residentes dos nove núcleos da área estudada. O instrumento incluiu uma série de perguntas abertas e fechadas, e a pesquisa teve caráter primário. Para avaliar as condições de habitação e infraestrutura dos domicílios rurais do assentamento Antônio de Farias, foi calculado um índice utilizando a mesma metodologia de Kageyama (2003), que ficou conhecido como Iconi. Como resultado, verificou-se um alto nível do índice, o que indica que os assentados do Antonio de Farias dispõem de uma boa estrutura domiciliar.
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- 2016
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