Aspects of heterogeneity in the family agricultures of Toledo and north pioneer regions, Paraná State, Brazil

Aspectos da heterogeneidade nas agriculturas familiares da microrregião de Toledo/PR e do território norte Pioneiro Paranaense

Dimas Soares Júnior, Ricardo Ralisch, Nathalie Cialdella () and Philippe Pédelahore ()
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Dimas Soares Júnior: IAPAR - Instituto Agronomico do Parana
Ricardo Ralisch: State University of Londrina = Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Nathalie Cialdella: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Philippe Pédelahore: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: The heterogeneity of production structure and models is striking in Brazilian agriculture. The concept of "family agriculture" defined in law conceals a great diversity present also in this stratum of production.The 2006 agricultural census with the definition of Pronaf criteria for classification of this public offers the possibility to identify and discuss the distinctions pre-sent between the different types of family farmers. This article purpose assess, characterize and analyze comparatively the presence of such distinctions in the Paraná state and in two of its regions, with different occupation histories and contrasting development indexes. For this, the census datas were grouped with information about farmers, farms, economic activities, income and occupation. It was observed that Pronaf correspond to about 75% of the total farms in Paraná and in the two regions studied, with a predominance of group B in the state and in the Northern Pioneiro and group C in the Toledo region. The most relevant differences observed between regions and between types of farmers are found in variables such as the de-gree of associativism and the availability or not of agricultural advisory. As a similarity observed, we highlight the remarkable presence of the farmers of the Pronaf group B in the older age classes, reinforcing the concern with the succession processes in family agriculture.

Keywords: Brésil; agriculture familiale; exploitation agricole familiale; coopérative agricole; financement mutualiste; système de culture; Agriculture familiale; Assistance technique; Associativisme; Crédit rural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Desenvolvimento Em Questão, 2019, 17 (47), pp.283-300. ⟨10.21527/2237-6453.2019.47.283-300⟩

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DOI: 10.21527/2237-6453.2019.47.283-300

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