Rural Credit and Family Farming in Brazil: An Evaluation of the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming

This study aims to present the impacts of the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf) on income and productivity in Brazilian family farming. To achieve the proposed objective, data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of 2014 were used and was used as the analysis met...

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Autores: Araújo, Jair Andrade, Alencar, Matheus Oliveira de, Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC)
Repositorio:Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/14470
Acceso en línea:https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/14470
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family farming. Rural credit. Pronaf. Income. Agricultural Productivity.
Agricultura familiar. Crédito rural. Pronaf. Ingresos. Productividad Agrícola.
Agricultura familiar. Crédito rural. Pronaf. Renda. Produtividade agropecuária.
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Sumario:This study aims to present the impacts of the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf) on income and productivity in Brazilian family farming. To achieve the proposed objective, data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of 2014 were used and was used as the analysis method the Propensity Score Matching (PSM). It was observed that the program has a positive average effect of 10.9% on the income of its beneficiaries compared to non-beneficiaries. Regarding the effect of Pronaf on agricultural productivity, Pronaf beneficiaries have an average productivity 15.2% higher than non-beneficiaries.