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This article aims to make a first approach to the territorial practices of the new family farming (FF) organizations and their link with public policies between 2015-2021, based on the case of "La Comunitaria", from Buenos Aires province to La Pampa, in argentine pampas region. Through a qualitative methodology that combines primary and secondary sources, and a perspective of critical geography, we demonstrate how La Comunitaria, from its integration in 2018 to MTE-Rural, with its own characteristics rearticulates and transforms its territorial practices, theater, trades, travel and infrastructure repair, and began to promote agricultural initiatives. It makes FF visible and seems to strengthen its ability to influence and dispute resources, regulations and public policies, which make up the pampas territory. We evidence the importance of space and scales as an expression and tool of power in this process, which involves contentious processes, but the daily practices starred. We conclude by reflecting on it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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One of the Brazilian regions that receives more funds of the Food Purchase Program (PAA) is the Northeast region, where is located the State of Maranhão, the object of study of this work. In view of its relevance, one intends to identify the number of municipalities from the State of Maranhão that received funds from the PAA, as well as the amounts received during the period from 2010 to 2018, by means of table and graph analysis, in addition to observing the effects of the PAA on the total GDP and on sectoral GDPS (agricultural & livestock, industry and services sectors) of the economy of the State of Maranhão, by means of quantile regression. The results showed that the number of municipalities that received funds from the PAA oscillated during the period, with higher frequencies in 2011 and 2012 and lower frequencies in 2014 and 2015 and observed a positive effect of the program on the total GDP and on the sectoral GDPs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyses the changes in the Brazilian government's actions at the Specialized Meeting on Family Farming of Mercosur (REAF). Created in 2004, REAF is a regional forum for political dialogue between governments and social organizations to develop public policies for family farming. Drawing on dialogues between historical neo-institutionalism and debates on policy paradigm and dismantling, the article defines four dimensions (political context and power relations, ideas and policy paradigms, characteristics of institutions, and interests and strategies of political actors) to explain and typify the processes of institutional strengthening and dismantling. Based on such dimensions and on data collected through participant observation, document analysis and interviews with key actors, the article analyses the Brazilian government's actions in comparison to prevailing types of institutional change. The analysis shows that, between 2004 and 2016, the prevailing strategy for institutional strengthening was 'discursive and symbolic' and operated through 'institutional densification'; in turn, from 2016 on, strategies of 'discursive and symbolic' dismantling and 'dismantling by change in the institutional linkages' prevailed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Brazil’s federal government officially defined family farming (FF) as a public policy agenda in 1996; however, since then, Brazil’s foreign policy in the field of agriculture has given priority to the role of agribusiness in the export of commodities and its contribution to the country’s GDP and trade. While questioning the governmental narrative rooted in a dual agricultural structure (wherein FF and agribusiness would both be similarly relevant), this article also highlights the internationalisation processes of FF through the analysis of different forums in Brazilian foreign policy. Our goal is to understand how each of these forums and arenas has contributed to the international acknowledgement of FF as a ‘best practice’, but also to analyse the strengths and sustainability of what we label as the internationalisation resilience of FF, particularly when we consider the severe reflux of FF policies in Brazil since 2016.

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The article on screen performs a geographic reading of the socioeconomic characteristics of family farming in the municipality of Itabaiana/SE, through the 2017 Agricultural Census (IBGE, 2019). To this end, bibliographical research and analysis of indicators were carried out, starting from 1) the domain of family farming among the numbers of agricultural establishments; 2) profile of family actors; 3) schooling rate; 4) offer ATER; 5) minimal socioeconomic organization; and 6) low access to bank credit. Given these data, the family segment of the municipality stands out in the production of temporary crops and livestock, in addition to contributing to the proliferation of vehicles in the countryside, such as the use of motorcycles. Even so, family farming in the municipality of Itabaiana presents problems regarding the need for public policies to support its production base, while it responds to a considerable demand for vegetables from the municipality and other micro-regions, placing Itabaiana within the universe of agricultural marketing.

The integration of rural extension and agricultural research (I-ERPA) has been debated worldwide. In Brazil, I-ER-PA has been considered a strategy to overcome the diffusionist paradigm, related to the creation or merge of public companies. The objective of the study was to explore the literary production on I-ER-PA and shed light on the theme. Literary production of peer-reviewed articles was considered, specifically, papers indexed in Web of Science. A total of 28 combination of words was used to sample scientific papers. The study delivered a list of terminologies (theoretical frameworks, methodologies and approaches) related to I-ER-PA. Overall, studies referring to I-ER-PA increased considerably in the last decades. Brazil is highly ranked in terms of authorships and contributions to the topic. However, the Brazilian production presented a low number of citations, lacking partnerships with other countries and contributions about the Brazilian case, such as closing, creating or merging public institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to demonstrate the existence of viable margins for the construction of rural development projects that take advantage of the small gaps in the configuration of the current economic system. The paper supports the idea that policies can serve as instruments for democratic appropriation of the State and markets, favoring the social reproduction of family farming, a central segment from the perspective of development herein adopted. The methodology employed relied on theoretical reflection and interviews with farmers, extension workers and public managers in the municipality of Pelotas-RS, Brazil. From the analyses of the empirical setting of this work and other spatial contexts, the paper discusses examples where the use of public institutions and markets led to advances or mitigated problems faced by historically deprecated segments, such as family farming in Brazil. This demonstrates the potential of local contexts to act as protagonists in coping with a structurally imposed unequal logic. The study concludes that there is no need to break with the economic system to then pursue the construction of future alternatives, and the multiple open possibilities in places may be a starting point for the construction of new projects towards the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Analysis of Family Farming in Piauí with a focus on Pronaf's performance in the period from 2016 to 2019, taking as a reference the resources invested in agricultural and livestock activities. The research was produced from a literature review in academic productions and document analysis, especially data from the Rural Credit Matrix of the Central Bank of Brazil. The results indicated the prominence of contracts and resources accessed in Piauí in subprograms such as "microcredit" and "more food", aimed at low-income farmers, with a low performance of the program to face the challenges in the world of production. and reproduction of life in family-based agriculture in Piauí. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Resumo: Este trabalho procurou analisar como a trajetória das organizações de agricultores familiares pode afetar a implementação do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar e sua execução localmente. A hipótese de trabalho é que o modo como as organizações são constituídas determina a forma como as interações com outros atores acontecem no âmbito de uma política pública, influenciando a sua execução. Para se chegar aos resultados, tomou-se como estratégia de pesquisa o estudo dos casos de Espera Feliz e de Guaraciaba, ambos localizados na Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais. O trabalho de campo revelou, conclusivamente, que as condições sociais herdadas e a racionalidade sob a qual as organizações coletivas são constituídas conformam os modos de funcionamento das mesmas e a forma de acesso a políticas públicas, podendo afetar os arranjos locais e os resultados do programa.

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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to present topics that characterize the evolution of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in the period from 2003 to 2015. Institutionalized in 2003 as a structuring action of the Zero Hunger Program, the actions of the program allied elements of agricultural policy and food security policy, enabling the articulation between production, marketing and consumption, aiming at collaborating with the fight against hunger and poverty in Brazil and, at the same time, strengthening family farming. To do this, an analysis of the PAA trajectory will be carried out on a national scale, as well as macro-regions (Center-West, Northeast, North, Southeast and South). It is possible to affirm, given the results obtained with the research that, although the resources destined to the program have been significantly expanded, their scope is still limited and concentrated in spatial terms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Right after the Brazilian federal government started defending a platform of social inclusion, income redistribution, and economic development of the North and Northeast regions of the country, in 2002, it landed the Social Fuel Stamp, a government program that was created in 2004 to make feasible election promises, in addition to regionalize biodiesel production, and support for the diversification of its raw materials through feedstocks that are plentiful in both regions, such as castor and palm. The biodiesel market in Brazil was very incipient then, while the soy market was already well established and dominated by large landowners and big agribusiness companies from other regions but these aforementioned. Therefore, they were the ones better off to benefit from and take advantage of the soon to be created biodiesel chain. Now, after thirteen years of its inception, many authors have been thwarted by the plan. Hence, the purpose of this work is to ascertain whether the targets initially proposed by the government were fully met, seeking to identify possible drawbacks. In order to do this, our approach will be based on the analysis of the Brazilian government's public data and the review of the literature on the subject, thus the relevance to it lies on the feedback presented herein that could be of help for any realignment of the program. Based on our analysis, we have come to a conclusion that the Social Fuel Stamp program has had very little success and many setbacks along the years since its takeoff in 2004. Highlights • Social inclusion of North/Northeast small farmers did not occur as intended. • Overwhelming dominance of biodiesel from soybean not in line with the SCS policy. • Choices of feedstocks for biodiesel production in N/NE did not meet ANP standards. • The SCS policy has failed due to lack of biodiesel feedstock diversification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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O Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) vincula-se à agricultura familiar por Lei que determina que no mínimo 30,0% dos recursos financeiros repassados para os municípios pelo Governo Federal devam ser utilizados na aquisição de gêneros alimentícios diretamente deste segmento. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a inserção de frutas e hortaliças provenientes da agricultura familiar na produção de refeições para a alimentação escolar, em municípios da Região Administrativa de Registro, SP. Foram realizadas entrevistas com nutricionistas do PNAE e o conteúdo foi analisado segundo a técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Dos 14 municípios da região, 11 compuseram a amostra deste estudo. Frutas e hortaliças in natura foram os alimentos mais adquiridos da agricultura familiar no ano de 2012. A oferta de alimentos, a falta de documentação e de preparo dos agricultores para a produção e a logística de distribuição foram entraves encontrados. O vínculo da agricultura familiar com o PNAE apresenta dificuldades para os municípios, entretanto há benefícios para todos os atores envolvidos na gestão do PNAE, com a maior oferta de frutas e hortaliças da própria região. ================================================= The Brazilian National School Feeding Program (PNAE) is associated to family farming by law. that determines at least 30.0% of the funds transferred to municipalities by the federal government must be used for the acquisition of food products directly from this segment. This study aimed to evaluate the inclusion of fruit and vegetables from the family farm to produce food for school feeding in municipalities in the Administrative Region of Registro, SP. Interviews were conducted with nutritionists of the PNAE and the content was analyzed according to the technique of Collective Subject Discourse. Eleven out of fourteen municipalities in the region composed the study sample. Fruits and vegetables in natura were the most purchased food from Family Farming in 2012. The supply of food, lack of documentation and preparation of farmers for production and distribution logistics of these foods were barriers found in the study. The bond of family farming with PNAE presents difficulties for the municipalities, but there are benefits to all stakeholders involved in the management of the PNAE, with a greater supply of fruits and vegetables from the region.

A partir de 2009, especificamente após a promulgação da Lei nº 11.947/2009, os gestores do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar – PNAE devem utilizar, no mínimo, 30% do total dos recursos financeiros recebidos do Governo Federal na aquisição de alimentos provenientes da agricultura e do empreendedor familiar rural. A compra dos alimentos deve ser realizada a partir de chamada pública, conforme a Lei nº 8.666/1993, requerendo que haja especificação do bem ou serviço a ser adquirido. O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi verificar o cumprimento da legislação vigente para o assunto pelos gestores do PNAE, quando da elaboração das chamadas públicas. A amostra foi composta por 201 editais de chamadas públicas, referentes ao período entre janeiro e julho de 2013, obtidos via eletrônica entre junho e julho de 2013. Os resultados indicaram não conformidades em todas as regiões pesquisadas, faltando informações básicas ao agricultor e empreendedor familiar rural sobre a qualificação dos alimentos nas chamadas públicas. Foi possível concluir que a maior parte dos gestores não tem observado a legislação vigente do PNAE, desconsideraram também, a questão da qualidade e segurança dos alimentos, situação constatada pelas deficiências verificadas nos editais de chamadas públicas, não sendo nesta pesquisa, perceptível a participação do nutricionista, apesar de 95% das EEx terem este profissional como responsável técnico. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of 2009, especially after the enactment of Law No. 11.947/2009, the managers of the National School Meal Program-PNAE must use at least 30% of the total funds received from the Federal Government, for purchasing food produced by agricultural and rural family entrepreneurs. The purchase of food must be subject to a public call for tenders, according to Law No. 8.666/1993, that must include specifications on the expected goods or services. The aim of this study was to verify PNAE’s managers’ compliance with the current laws on the subject, when preparing the public calls for tenders. The sample consisted of 201 public calls for tenders in the period between January and July 2013, electronically obtained between June and July 2013. The results indicated non-compliance in all of the surveyed areas, lacking basic information, related to the classification of foods, to the rural family entrepreneurs. It was concluded that most managers consider neither the legislation in force for the PNAE nor the issue of food safety and quality, as a result of problems in the design of the public calls for tenders; it was also concluded that, at least in this research, the participation of nutritionists was not identified, although 95% of the implementers have this professionals as head coaches.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the programs and social development actions that have been applied in Mexico during the period 2009 to 2016 with the purpose of comparing the number of programs and the level of existing linkage with the target population. It was identified that there is a decoupling of public policies aimed at social development, mainly on the issue of exclusion, inequity, approach, and some programs do not have the targeting of their target population. Family agriculture should be considered as the axis for the articulation of public policies and should be inclusive of all types of family farmers that exist in the Mexican countryside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The perceptions of economic actors suggest different conventions of quality that influence the coordination of economic activities. Therefore, we analyzed how perceptions of quality, shared by different school feeding actors, shape or maintain economic coordination norms in the case of local purchases from family farmers for the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) in a large urban center in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil. Considering the theory of conventions and using the Iramuteq software, the contents of 35 interviews with public education actors, family farmers, and rural extension technicians were analyzed. The results revealed that local purchases in the DF promoted food democracy, reconciling several coordinating worlds that maintained and shaped the quality standards of the PNAE. Producers and consumers shared some common conventions; however, conflicts existed between industrial and domestic conventions in particular. It was concluded that besides enabling an inclusion of the local family agriculture in the market, this format provides superior food quality to students, contributing to shape the market with better food quality. Furthermore, this study advances the understanding of the perceptions of the actors in the different links of this chain and provides subsidies for the program to get closer to its goals of providing high food quality to students. In addition, the study aims to boost family farming and promote local development. • Local purchases in the Federal District promoted food democracy. • Several worlds of coordination maintained and shaped food quality standards. • Convention theory revealed conflicts between domestic and industrial worlds. • Access to technical assistance contributes to the supply of school meals. • Logistics helps to maintain the quality of in natura products from family farming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to verify whether the PRONAF - National Agricultural Family Programa - in the FHC and Lula governments has promoted the growth of agricultural production or has been a mechanism for transferring income to the family farm. The study hypothesis is that politics is more important in Lula's government, due to real increases in average contract distributed during Lula's government, compared with the FHC's government. We also analyze the behavior of agricultural GDP in selected regions, trying to identify possible effects on the program and on the local economy and identifying the policies adopted by governments to different regions of the country. The econometric analysis indicates that during the Lula government, PRONAF has greater influence on GDP of Agriculture, however, the GDP of Agriculture had the highest growth during the FHC government. It appears that, in general, PRONAF has behaved more like a policy of income distribution, than to strengthen the agriculture, provide no direct impacts on GDP of Agriculture.