scholarly journals Assessment of rural credit impact on land and labor productivity for Brazilian family farmers

Nova Economia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos de Oliveira Garcias ◽  
Ana Lucia Kassouf

Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of rural credit on land and labor productivity for Brazilian family farmers and assess factors influencing the rural credit approval process. The study employs data contained in the 2006 Brazilian Municipality1 Agricultural Census and a “trade index” (TI) specifically constructed to differentiate family farmers. The impact of credit on land and labor productivity was calculated by comparing the productivity of a group of family farmers that received credit with the productivity of a group of family farmers that were credit restricted. The groups were constructed with the aid of propensity score matching. When statistically significant, the average effect of credit was found to increase the recipient’s productivity of land and labor. It was also found that productivity increases due to the use of credit aligned with the level of the family farmer’s integration into the commercial market and, therefore, one credit policy does not fit for all Brazilian family farmers.

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Patricia Amelia Tomei ◽  
Daniela Arantes Alves Lima

Despite importance of family agriculture, until the mid 90's, the Brazilian farmers had little or no access to credit and the existing public policies often do not meet the needs of this population. In 1996, the Brazilian government created the PRONAF - Program of Familiar Agriculture, first rural credit program designed exclusively for family farmers (FF) that despite numerous qualities, is facing challenges related to socio-cultural and psychosocial characteristics of farmers who do not always can incorporate the behaviors needed to be rural entrepreneurs (RE) in an industry that increasingly demand for innovation and development. This is the main objective of this study: to analyze the barriers faced by family farmers (FF) that affect its transformation into a rural entrepreneur (RR). To study these two groups, we interviewed and applied a structured questionnaire to a convenience sample, non-probabilistic, selected by the criterion of typicality of fourteen farmers who started their business in Southern Brazil. For these The analysis showed that the barriers to rural entrepreneurship were associated with lack of leadership and ability to take risks, and emphasized the importance of the family, social networks and formal education in the development of FF. We conclude that the FF can’t be regarded as typical Schumpeterian entrepreneurs, but some points have become critical to the implementation of public policies: a contingency approach; prioritize the targeting of resources to more entrepreneurial profiles; promote the objective and subjective evaluations of the results of resource allocation; strengthen training programs, management education and business incubators.


GEOgraphia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (50) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonatan Alexandre De Oliveira ◽  
José Giacomo Baccarin

Tem-se como principal objetivo analisar a organização do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos da Agricultura Familiar (PAA) no espaço agrícola do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Utilizamos como fonte de dados as ações da superintendência da Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento CONAB-SP (2012). De acordo com as ações do PAA no espaço agrícola paulista, constatou-se que o PAA apresentou desempenho relativo melhor que o conjunto das outras superintendências regionais; a modalidade Compra com Doação Simultânea atinge número mais expressivo de municípios; o PAA vem sendo aplicado com maior intensidade em favor dos agricultores familiares e assentados de regiões administrativas mais empobrecidas; há forte vínculo do PAA com os assentamentos de reforma agrária; o PAA parece complementar o PRONAF, na medida em que atende com maior intensidade justamente aqueles agricultores com maiores dificuldades de acesso ao programa de crédito rural. Levando-se em conta as intenções expressas formalmente na criação do PAA, em especial aquela de procurar atender os agricultores familiares com menor renda, as análises deste trabalho apontam que a mesma vem sendo cumprida no caso do estado de São Paulo, embora os recursos do Programa e o número de agricultores familiares ainda seja reduzido em relação ao seu público potencial.Palavras chave: Organização Espacial; Regiões Administrativas; Políticas Públicas; Agricultura FamiliarPUBLIC POLICIES IN BRAZIL:  THE CASE OF THE PROGRAM OF ACQUISITION OF FOODS OF FAMILY AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZILAbstract: The main objective is to analyze the organization of the Program of Acquisition of Food of Family Agriculture (PAA) in the agricultural space of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. We used as data source the actions of the Superintendence of National Supply Company CONAB-SP (2012).  According with the actions of the PAA in the agricultural space of São Paulo, it was verified that the PAA presented a relative better performance in relation to the set of other regional superintendence; the Buy with Simultaneous Donation modality reaches the most expressive number of municipalities; the PAA has been applied with greater intensity in favor of the family farmers and settlers of more impoverished administrative regions; There is a strong link between the PAA and the agrarian settlements; the PAA seems to complement PRONAF, since is responds with greater intensity to those farmers with greater difficulties of access to the rural credit program. Taking into account the intentions expressed formally in the creation of the PAA, especially that of seeking to provide the lowest income family farmers. The analyzes of this work indicate that it has been fulfilled in the case of the state of São Paulo. Although the resources of the Program and the number of family farmers is still small relative to its potential audienceKeywords: Space Organization; Administrative Regions; Public Policy; Family Farming.POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS EN BRASIL: EL CASO DEL PROGRAMADE ADQUISICIÓN DE ALIMENTOS PARA LA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR EN EL ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, BRASILResumen: El objetivo principal es analizar la organización del Programa de Adquisición de Alimentos para la Agricultura Familiar (PAA) en el espacio agrícola del estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Utilizamos como fuente de datos las acciones de la superintendencia de la Compañía Nacional de Abastecimiento CONAB-SP (2012). Según las acciones del PAA en el espacio agrícola en São Paulo, se descubrió que el PAA tuvo un desempeño relativamente mejor que el conjunto de otras superintendencias regionales; la modalidad de Compra con Donación Simultánea llega a un mayor número de municipios; El PAA se ha aplicado con mayor intensidad a favor de los agricultores familiares y los asentados de regiones administrativas más empobrecidas; existe un fuerte vínculo entre el PAA y los asentamientos de reforma agraria; el PAA parece complementar al PRONAF, en la medida en que sirve con mayor intensidad precisamente a aquellos agricultores con mayores dificultades para acceder al programa de crédito rural. Teniendo en cuenta las intenciones expresadas formalmente en la creación del PAA, especialmente la de tratar de servir a los agricultores familiares con menores ingresos, los análisis de este trabajo muestran que se ha cumplido en el caso del estado de São Paulo, aunque los recursos del El programa y el número de agricultores familiares todavía se reducen en relación con su audiencia potencial.Palabras clave: Organización espacial, Regiones Administrativas, Políticas públicas, Agricultura familiar.


2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Chrisman ◽  
Srikant Devaraj ◽  
Pankaj C. Patel

Family and nonfamily firms both must align owner and employee interests. However, family firms may experience lower labor productivity because of adverse selection problems from labor market sorting and attenuation. Incentive compensation reduces alignment of interest problems in family and nonfamily firms. Importantly, incentive compensation signals to potential employees that performance will be rewarded, which should improve the relative labor productivity in family firms by reducing adverse selection. Analysis of matched data on 216,768 firms supports our hypotheses, implying that incentive compensation has a broader impact on firm performance than commonly recognized in the family firm or human resource literatures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Thyena Karen Magalhães Dias ◽  
Edward Martins Costa ◽  
Filipe Augusto Xavier Lima ◽  
Helson Gomes de Souza

Family farming is quite different between Brazilian regions, where one of the main factors of this distinction is the implementation of agricultural modernization that initially benefited the regions South and Southeast, making these regions more mechanized and with a higher level of human capital. Given this fact, this article aims to measure the productive differences of family farmers between Brazilian regions using data from the 2017 Agricultural Census and applying a spatial stochastic frontier at municipal level. The results have shown that there is a high heterogeneity between Brazilian regions, where although all areas have shown a decreasing return of production scale, these returns were greater for the regions Midwest, Southeast, and South. Besides, technology and labor have a lesser effect on the gross income of farmers in the Northeast. The results also show that spillovers were different between regions, both for the factors of production and for the determinants of inefficiency. Furthermore, the heterogeneity can be confirmed by the efficiency scores, which were higher in the regions South, Midwest, and Mid-South regions of the Southeast. The results also suggest that, according to the profile of each region, it is necessary to implement more efficient policies that aim to improve the effectiveness of existing policies and mitigate the differences between them, especially in the North and Northeast of Brazil.


2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-230
Author(s):  
Alexandre Gori Maia ◽  
Gabriela dos Santos Eusébio ◽  
Rodrigo Lanna Franco da Silveira

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a Brazilian rural credit program, The National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (PRONAF), on small family farming production. Design/methodology/approach The method is based on a quasi-experimental approach (propensity score matching) applied to 4.1m family farmers in Brazil. Findings Results show that farmers accessing PRONAF tended to be positively selected in terms of several observable characteristics, such as land size and agricultural practices. Moreover, PRONAF had positive and differentiated impacts on agricultural production. The impact was larger in the poorest region when compared to the regions characterized by intensive and commercial farming. Research limitations/implications The rural credit information was restricted to one crop year, making impossible to analyze the mid- and long-term impacts of the credit program on agricultural production. Practical implications The study provides some practical implications for policies of rural development. First, rural credit does matter for agricultural production of small family farmers. Nonetheless, since credit programs are large subsidized by the rest of the population, further studies are still needed the aggregate costs and benefits of these schemes. Results also revealed that PRONAF may have contributed to reduce regional inequalities, since the impact was larger in the poorest NE region. Originality/value This study provides a comprehensive analysis of how rural credit has impacted small-farm agricultural production, using large and representative data – the whole population of Brazilian family farmers.


Jurnal Socius ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Nadia

This study aimed to describe parenting peasant family in the Loklahung village. The method used is qualitative descriptive method. The results showed family upbringing farmers in the Loklahung in education patterns parenting authoritative (democratic), in terms of discipline pattern of parenting authoritarian, the impact of social changes that occur in the family in the Loklahung village not only the mother who is in charge of taking care of children but father also took part in parenting and the mother is also involved in making a living as farm stays and weaving baskets, and parenting peasant family in the village of Loklahung in shaping children's character based on the character values such as the nature respect and respect for others are responsible, fair, and caring social studies can be used as a source of learning that focuses on value (value-based).Keywords: parenting, family farmers, values, social studies learning


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon B. Hamill ◽  
Tayari Shorter ◽  
Sarah Singleton ◽  
Carrie Page ◽  
Tabitha Pierce
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