Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243030 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2677
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
The goal of the study is to analyze family farmers in Brazilian Northeast Region, based on a brief approach and the Pronaf insertion in that area. Exploratory analysis was developed based on 2017 agricultural census. Results highlight great number of agricultural units which raise animals or dedicated to some kind of farming, especially medium size animal, horticultural production and plant extractivism. There is notable family units and non-family units income disparity. In family units, agricultural activities from Pronaf farmers are the major income responsible, although income arising from non-agricultural activities cannot be denied. Other public policies deserve to be improved in that region, that is, infrastructure, rural extension, and agricultural insurance. There are several contingency factors especially relevant for local small and Pronaf producers, that is, the technological base and the guarantee assets asked for concluding the Pronaf loans. Moreover, local migratory process has diminished the number of young producers, a critical point for long-term Pronaf's impact and, fi nally yet importantly, the water disputes in Brazilian Northeast.
Subjects: 
Brazil
Northeast region
agricultural
Pronaf
agricultural census
JEL: 
Q10
Q18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
10.07 MB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.