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- Title
Recepção das ações do Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco por agricultores de São Bento do Una, Pernambuco.
- Authors
Moreira Barbosa Lopes, Mízia Fabiana; de Queiroz Costa, Jakes Halan; Carvalho dos Santos, Tânia Marta; Dias Lima, Conceição Maria; Barbosa Lopes, José Cândido
- Abstract
Food production is being widely discussed worldwide, both in terms of increasing productivity to meet the needs of the growing population and also in terms of the quality of these foods. Small farms are responsible for producing for the majority of the population and for their own family subsistence. The objective of this study was to reveal the importance of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER) actions for small farmers to remain in the countryside, due to their role in food production and job creation. The study was carried out in the municipality of São Bento do Una/Pernambuco, which receives technical assistance from the Agronomic Institute of Pernambuco (IPA). Interviews with semi-structured script were carried out with family farmers and IPA technicians, in addition to direct observations covering qualitative and quantitative data. There was a need for greater government attention, with more public policies so that services, projects and programs can be better developed. In this sense, family farmers need more effective ATER actions that bring better working and development conditions to the rural areas of the municipality.
- Subjects
RECIFE (Brazil); TECHNICAL assistance; GOVERNMENT policy; SMALL farms; RURAL conditions; RURAL development; RURAL families
- Publication
Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 5, p617
- ISSN
1981-8203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18378/rvads.v14i5.7568