Ninth International Conference on Food Studies

Abstract

The research consists of investigating the implementation and impact of public policy for family agriculture. The Japonvar society was privileged as the object of study in the period of 2014-2018, in the north of the State of Minas Gerais, aiming to verify the implementation, execution and impacts of public policy as to the improvement of the productivity of agricultural activities and the material conditions of life of farmers under the Brazil Without misery Program. The research took place in two stages: the first, analysis of 81 productive projects and 81 reports prepared by the Minas Gerais-EMATER / Minas Gerais Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company. The main structured activities were poultry and pig farming with the majority of farmers joining the program applying financial and technical resources made available. In the second, it was made field research with the submission of questionnaires farmers who structured the main activities, in order to analyze the implementation and impacts of the program three years after its implementation (2014-2018). Through the program the farmers promoted their agricultural activities improving their material conditions and reaffirming their agricultural traditions. The improvement of the conditions of facilities and increase of the number of animals contributed increase of production and improvements to the food condition, with production of surplus for commercialization, which contributed to increase income and profit in the family unit, making possible investment conditions in other activities with improvements in the family production unit as a whole, in addition to social appreciation of the family farmer.