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How do patterns in human geography affect people around the world?

Erin W.により

How do patterns in human geography affect people around the world?

Erin W.により

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David Millsにより

INDUCCIÓN

JHON EYDER GAVILAN ROJASにより

AUTORS GABRIEL MEDINA, CAMILA ALMEIDA, EVANDRO NOVAES, JAVIER GODAR and BENNO POKORNY

Key words Rural development Agricultural policies Family farming Indicator Socio-economic Competitive bussines Green revolution Challenges Resilience Investiment technology Quilombolas Caipiras Posseiros

TOPIC GENERAL This study analyzes the spatial distribution of development conditions for family farmers in Brazil, discussing the challenges and potential for sound rural development.

A LESSON FROM BRAZIL

DEVELOPMENT CONDITION FOR FAMILY FARMING

Key words

1. Rural development
2. Agricultural policies
3. Family farming
4. Indicator Socio-economic
5. Competitive bussines
6. Green revolution
7. challenges
8. Resilience
9. investiment technology
10. Quilombol
11. Caipiras
12. Posseiros

4. Report on analytical findings

Comprehensive Picture of Family farming

5. Results and discussed

(c) Strategies

(b) Context

And just 5.45% belong to cooperatives.

No more than 24.46% are highly integrated into markets.

Only 33.81% adopt basic technologies such as soil fertilization

68.26% having access to electricity.

Farmers also face an unfavorable institutional context with only 12.77% benefiting from agricultural policies.

6. Conclusions

Key words

1. Rural development
2. Agricultural policies
3. Family farming
4. Indicator Socio-economic
5. Competitive bussines
6. Green revolution
7. challenges
8. Resilience
9. investiment technology
10. Quilombolas
11. Caipiras
12. Posseiros

An alternative rural development approach is needed and it has to evolve from the one-size-fits-all current approach to encourage local potentials.

Such results suggest an abysm between the present situation and the one required for family farming to realize its potential role in poverty alleviation, food security and economic growth.

3. Methodologically assessed and analyzed

* Brazilian Agricultural Census of 2006 * Law n 11.326, July 24, 2006 * Definition of family farming adopted by FAO and INCRA. The municipalities received a score from 1 to 5 according to their correspondence quintile (e.g., proportions of 0–20% are associated to one point, between 20% and less than 40% got two points, etc.).

2. The factor shaping farmers performance

Strategies

Socio-economic Integration

Integrate into Markets

Adopt Technologies

Context

Access to Infraestructure

Agricultural Polices

Assets

Capital

Family Labor

Land

1. Insights into the Family form sector

Family farmer in Brazil

In spite of differences between all these groups, often they share common characteristics such as social marginalization in relation to large farmers, reliance on family workforce, poverty, isolation, informal land tenure, and high spatial mobility.