Extensão Rural

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Authors: Fernando Cardoso Pedrão

Historical conditions of rural production change along with the capitalistic system as a whole, with financial and commerce conditions. In Brazil, rural production evolved from extreme exploitation of slavery and traditional forms of domination in general. The expansion of big capital in rural environment meant valuation of capital and devaluation of work. It’s imperative now to renew the analysis of rural production to understand its role in the ongoing coming back to primary economy.

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Authors: André de Camargo Macedo, Bruna Carolina Meira, Edmilson Carlos de Almeida, Lopes Junior, João Paulo Agápto, Ricardo Serra Borsatto

This paper analyzes the limits of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the National School Meal Program (PNAE) in promoting the social organization of family farmers, through the case study of the settlement “23 de Maio” in São Paulo state. Therefore, we developed and implemented two questionnaires, directed respectively to the settlers and the manager of the existing association in the settlement. The results showed a low participation of farmers in administrative and decision-making processes of the association, and the association has dedicated only to act as an intermediary for the insertion of the family farmers in an institutional markets. The research also allowed to understand points considered negative by farmers in respect of their participation in both programs. It was concluded that for the PAA and PNAE to promote the social organization of settled family farmers and thus be more efficient in supporting family farming, it is necessary to articulate with other public policies directed to this public.

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Authors: Caio César Soares Biancardi, Rafael Rodrigues, Haloysio Mechelli de Siqueira, Joana Junqueira Carneiro, Maria Aparecida Fernandes

This paper presents and discusses the results of the economic viability analysis of food family production, inserted at the farmer´s market and at the institutional markets (Food Acquisition Program - PAA and National School Feeding Program - PNAE) of Alegre, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Fifteen foods were included on the research: pumpkin, watercress, lettuce, wild chicory, banana prata, green onion, chayote, collard greens, yam, scarlet eggplant, cassava, heart of palm, okra, tannia and tomato. The operational cost of production and trading, the operational liquid revenue and the index of benefit/operational cost were the economic indicators considered. It was verified that lettuce, banana prata, green onion, collard greens and tomato were the foods which presented positive value of operational total liquid revenue in the three focused markets, and the higher indexes of benefit/cost were achieved by green onion, in PNAE, and collard greens, in PAA. At the opposite extreme were pumpkin and wild chicory. The insertion of family farmers in PNAE was, most times, the most advantageous, unlike PAA, in which eight of the fifteen focused foods had a situation of economic inviability.