scholarly journals Family farming policy network in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-110
Author(s):  
LUCIANA NUNES GOULART ◽  
DIEGO MOTA VIEIRA ◽  
DANIELA MATIAS DE CARVALHO BITTENCOURT
Keyword(s):  
Policy Network ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Farming Policy

Resumo Este artigo apresenta uma análise de redes de políticas públicas com foco na Política Nacional de Agricultura Familiar no Brasil. O estudo coletou dados por meio de análise documental, consultas orçamentárias e entrevistas, submetendo as informações obtidas a análise de conteúdo e, com isso, identificou a composição da rede de atores envolvidos na gestão da política, bem como as características das relações estabelecidas entre eles. Esse tipo de análise constitui interessante instrumento para os estudos de implementação e de avaliação de políticas públicas, na medida em que evidencia de que modo as características da interação entre atores podem afetar o alcance dos objetivos das políticas públicas. A rede da Política Nacional de Agricultura Familiar existente à época da pesquisa se mostrava densa em seu centro e flexível em suas margens, ou seja, era formada por um importante conjunto de atores atuando de modo concomitante em diversos programas e outro conjunto de atores atuando de modo mais pontual ou localizado. Porém, tanto no centro quanto nas margens, observou-se que diversos atores nem sempre são tão atuantes quanto seria esperado. Assim, com base no referencial teórico de análise de redes de políticas públicas, sugere-se que tal situação compromete o funcionamento da rede e o resultado das políticas subjacentes. Ademais, as características da rede estudada demonstram a importância do pacto federativo para o funcionamento da Política Nacional de Agricultura Familiar e mostram que os gestores subnacionais devem ter seus interesses e demandas efetivamente considerados para que os resultados almejados sejam atingidos.

scholarly journals Hybrid Conceptual Model for Assessing Quality, Production and Satisfaction (SQual4Agri), in Agricultural Production Units, in Cape Verde

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Elsa Simões ◽  
Margarida Saraiva ◽  
Gottlieb Basch ◽  
António Ramos Pires ◽  
Álvaro Rosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Small Family ◽  
Satisfaction Evaluation ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Quality Production ◽  
Agricultural Organization

In Cape Verde, small family farming production suffers continuously from limited essential resources such as water and soil for a steady development. This situation is further aggravated by the lack of financial resources. We have developed a hybrid and multidimensional conceptual model for improvement of those small farming units by bringing together concepts of quality management, farmers’ satisfaction evaluation and production capabilities. The model we have built was the result of an inquiry based on Focus Group study with 15 farmers and it was carried out in 2019. We name the model as SQual4Agri and this is a step toward improvement in small family based agricultural organization, namely in productivity, responsibility sharing, communication and quality management.

scholarly journals Government Policy for the Procurement of Food from Local Family Farming in Brazilian Public Institutions

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1604
Author(s):  
Panmela Soares ◽  
Suellen Secchi Martinelli ◽  
Mari Carmen Davó-Blanes ◽  
Rafaela Karen Fabri ◽  
Vicente Clemente-Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Food Services ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sustainable Food

This study aims to explore and compare Brazilian public institutional food services’ characteristics concerning the implementation of the government policy for the procurement of food from family farming (FF) and the opinions of food service managers on the benefits and difficulties of its implementation. We conducted a cross-sectional study employing an online questionnaire. The results were stratified by purchase. The Chi-square and Fisher’s Exact tests were applied. Five hundred forty-one food services’ managers participated in the study. Most claimed to buy food from FF, and this acquisition was more frequent among those working in institutions of municipalities <50,000 inhabitants, and educational and self-managed institutions. Those buying from FF developed more actions to promote healthy and sustainable food. Most recognized that the purchase could boost local farming and the economy and improve the institution’s food. However, the managers believe that the productive capacity of FF, the lack of technical assistance to farmers, production seasonality, and the bureaucratic procurement process hinder this type of purchase. The self-management of food services and the small size of the municipality might be associated with implementing the direct purchase policy from FF, which can contribute to building healthier and more sustainable food systems. However, the lack of public management support and the weak productive fabric may pose an obstacle to its maintenance or dissemination. The strengthening and consolidation of these policies require more significant government investments in productive infrastructure for family farming.

scholarly journals Policy learning as complex contagion: how social networks shape organizational beliefs in forest-based climate change mitigation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Gronow ◽  
Maria Brockhaus ◽  
Monica Di Gregorio ◽  
Aasa Karimo ◽  
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Belief Change ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
Organizational Beliefs ◽  
Policy Subsystems

AbstractPolicy learning can alter the perceptions of both the seriousness and the causes of a policy problem, thus also altering the perceived need to do something about the problem. This then allows for the informed weighing of different policy options. Taking a social network perspective, we argue that the role of social influence as a driver of policy learning has been overlooked in the literature. Network research has shown that normatively laden belief change is likely to occur through complex contagion—a process in which an actor receives social reinforcement from more than one contact in its social network. We test the applicability of this idea to policy learning using node-level network regression models on a unique longitudinal policy network survey dataset concerning the Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative in Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam. We find that network connections explain policy learning in Indonesia and Vietnam, where the policy subsystems are collaborative, but not in Brazil, where the level of conflict is higher and the subsystem is more established. The results suggest that policy learning is more likely to result from social influence and complex contagion in collaborative than in conflictual settings.

scholarly journals Emerging responses to the COVID-19 crisis from family farming and the agroecology movement in Latin America – A rediscovery of food, farmers and collective action

2021 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 103098
Author(s):  
P. Tittonell ◽  
M. Fernandez ◽  
V.E. El Mujtar ◽  
P.V. Preiss ◽  
S. Sarapura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Family Farming

scholarly journals Business Lobbying: Mapping Policy Networks in Brazil in Mercosur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Galia Benítez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Common External Tariff ◽  
Policy Structure ◽  
Business Lobbying ◽  
The Government

In the creation of trade policy, business actors have the most influence in setting policy. This article identifies and explains variations in how economic interest groups use policy networks to affect trade policymaking. This article uses formal social network analysis (SNA) to explore the patterns of articulation or a policy network between the government and business at the national level within regional trade agreements. The empirical discussion herein focuses on Brazil and the setting of exceptions list to Mercosur’s common external tariff. It specifically concentrates on the relations between the Brazilian executive branch and ten economic subsectors. The article finds that the patterns of articulation of these policy networks matter and that sectors with stronger ties to key government decision-makers have a structural advantage in influencing trade policy and obtaining and/or maintaining their desired, privileged trade policies, compared with sectors that are connected to government actors with weak decision-making power, but might have numerous and diversified connections. Therefore, sectors that have a strong pluralist–clientelist policy structure with connections to government actors with decision-making power have greater potential for achieving their target policies compared with more corporatist policy networks.

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