Avaliação do programa Agroamigo no Brasil através do perfil socioeconômico dos beneficiários do PRONAF B: evidências a partir da PNAD 2014

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate the socioeconomic profile of the beneficiaries of the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (PRONAF B) to find out if the program actually contemplates its public. In this research, they are provided from the National Household Sample Survey 2014 made available by IBGE. In order to compare the profile of the family farmers, a real-time analysis was designed on the probability of obtaining the benefit, given a set of attributes and conditions, searching for systems in two groups: beneficiaries and potential. The Logit model was also used to evaluate the probability of being a beneficiary or not of PRONAF B. The results of the research indicate that the concentration levels of the beneficiaries are in the South and Southeast regions. In addition, the Northeast is an index of potential beneficiaries, but has a smaller number of beneficiaries, which may indicate a poor regional distribution of the program. There are other results that also draw attention with a low female participation and people of black or brown color.