Production of Commodities in Family Farms: food insecurity and the new challenges to PRONAF
Food and nutrition insecurity, famine and public policies unable to fully tackle the structures underlying such social asymmetries are political and economic issues that reflect social inequity and poverty in Brazil. However promoting the production of global commodities as well, initiatives especia...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (IPARDES) |
| Repositório: | Revista Paranaense de Desenvolvimento (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ipardes.emnuvens.com.br:article/948 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/948 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | PRONAF. Food insecurity. Family farming. Commodities. PRONAF. Inseguridad alimentaria. Agricultura familiar. Commodities. PRONAF. Insegurança alimentar. Agricultura familiar. Commodities. |
| Resumo: | Food and nutrition insecurity, famine and public policies unable to fully tackle the structures underlying such social asymmetries are political and economic issues that reflect social inequity and poverty in Brazil. However promoting the production of global commodities as well, initiatives especially like the Brazilian national program for the strengthening of family farming (Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar - PRONAF) have been taken in order to change that scenario. Based on both the distribution of PRONAF funding contracts by product and the increased production of commodities over basic foods, we analyze changes observed in the country’s family farming production. The data supporting our study was published by the Brazilian Central Bank between 1995 and 2015. Our main argument is that commoditization does not necessarily threatens the food security of family farmers. Nevertheless, as demonstrated here, further commoditization of such activities can be detrimental to the food security of the whole society, even if local production systems are reinforced by a diversified PRONAF funding. |
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