Políticas públicas de fomento à agricultura familiar: uma análise nos povoados de Pindoba e Iguaíba em Paço do Lumiar-MA

Abstract

This dissertation aims to highlight the relevance of family farming over time and its role in reducing food insecurity, as well as the importance of public policies to encourage family farming. The work promotes an analysis of public policies to promote family farming in the villages of Pindoba and Iguaíba, located in the municipality of Paço do Lumiar-MA. The research started from the following problem: what is the role of public policies to promote family farming in the socioeconomic development of the municipality of Paço do Lumiar-MA? The investigation covered programs that encourage family farming were executed in the municipality in the period from 2017 to 2022. It was surveyed which benefits of support and productive social inclusion family farmers had access to and which projects were executed. During the conduction of the studies, the dialectical method was used, and data collection took place through research techniques involving interviews conducted with the application of a questionnaire with open and closed questions. The programs implemented in Paço do Lumiar to which farmers had access are the Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE), Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), Programa de Fortalecimento Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) and Programa de Compras da Agricultura Familiar (PROCAF). These programs have helped local producers in subsistence, in the sustenance of their families and in the production, marketing and generation of income. Because 80% of respondents have access to programs such as PRONAF and PROCAF, while 43% have access to lines of credit. Therefore, a large majority subsists on the value they receive from programs where they participate by supplying products and making products. In the perception of all the interviewees, the programs to promote family farming have had a positive impact on their lives, both economically and socially. With the conclusion of the research, it was possible to verify that the policies of strengthening family agriculture have contributed to the incentive to local producers in the production and commercialization of agricultural inputs, as well as the guarantee of food security