Potencialidades e desafios da ater mulher: um estudo de caso em Wenceslau Guimarães, Baixo Sul da Bahia

Abstract

There are still few written works on the participation of family farmers in decision-making regarding production, income generation, access to resources, participation in social groups and the distribution of their time. In order to expand the capabilities of women farmers in the countryside, female empowerment must occur, eliminating the main limiting sources, such as poverty and oppression. In this context, access to public policies, health, education, a healthy environment, equality and equity must be created or expanded. In this sense, this work aimed to identify the main bottlenecks that women family farmers face in the development of their production and market activities. The case study was developed based on bibliographical research and field research discussing family farming, the impact of the specific technical assistance project for women, women's participation in the family's income and their role in the community. In this work it was possible to observe that women in the community face some problems such as lack of credit for investment in their crops, bad roads and lack of essential documents such as Cefir. However, it is possible to identify that the ATER Mulher Project contributed to the mediation of conflicts of interest in the dissemination of knowledge in the agricultural area, formation of the production group, exchange of experience, technical guidance, preparation of important documents for the development of women farmers (DAP/CAF, lending, among others), registration of female farmers in some public policies necessary for the development of female autonomy, among others. However, it is concluded that there is a need for continuous ATER to encourage the continuation of the productive group and strengthening of women in the community.