The study delves into the spatial distribution and developmental conditions of family farmers in Brazil, highlighting the various challenges they face and the potential for rural development.
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
Rural development
Agricultural policies
Family farming
Indicator Socio-economic
Competitive bussines
Green revolution
challenges
Resilience
investiment technology
Quilombolas
Caipiras
Posseiros
5. Report on analytical findings
Comprehensive Picture of Family farming
6. Results and discussed
Agricultural Policies targeting family farming
7. Conclusions
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.
62.31% of the households have a total income of less than one minimum wage.
Only 42.92% of household heads started attending primary school.
83.07% of the family farms have insufficient land to be competitive.