Programa nacional de fortalecimento da agricultura familiar (PRONAF) no território do Recôncavo: caso do Município de Governador Mangabeira-Bahia

Abstract

The National Program to Strengthen Family Agriculture - PRONAF is intended to support, in the form of rural credit, for activities undertaken by farmers in order to integrate them into different possibilities in product marketing chains in order to provide the increased family income, adding value to the product and to property by modernizing the production system and professionalization of these farmers. Despite the importance of family farming in Bahia Reconcavo and PRONAF as a public policy to promote this segment, there are few known studies on this program for this territory. The following dissertation is the study of character case and objectively evaluate whether the PRONAF, as public policy directed to the rural sector program has achieved the proposed results in their design for family farms with efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness, from look and feeling of farmers in the municipality of Governador Mangabeira. The population studied are family farmers on PRONAF distributed among the municipality communities. Secondary data were acquired from various institutions such as IBGE, I know, Brazil's Central Bank and others, as well as books, magazines, websites and trade publications. For primary data collection was carried out semi-structured interviews with beneficiaries of the Program technicians EBDA and BNB, union representatives and focus group formed by community associations of representations that participate in the Municipal Council for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in the city. The results indicate that although efficient in the application, PRONAF has not achieved the desired effectiveness, which is hindered by deficiency of technical assistance, natural climate conditions, lack of local public support and the meager understanding of the Program target audience, and effective, while the successful improvement actions and the positive ownership by farmers.