Perfil da agricultura familiar na Paraíba: uma visão de conjunto

Abstract

This study seeks to elaborate a profile of paraibana familiar agriculture, identifying your role in generation production and the use of state farming sector. This profile is based on a theoretical vision which understands the familiar agriculture as a productive structure of peasant essence. The data used were gathered from the Censo Agropecuário de 2006 produced by Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) and faced from the descriptive statistics with the total numbers of the state and the total numbers of commercial farmers. In order to find out the profile and to ge the specific objectives, were gathered informations about the agrarian structure of the state, the characteristics of farmers, the technical basis of production, and financing of these establishment, agricultural and livestock production, the values of these productions and revenues and employed persons in Paraiba countryside. The data collected show how important is the farming family to the agricultural sector of Paraiba in a such way, as in the production, or as in jobs creation. Therefore, despite of the conscience of the institutions about this subject, and even achieved with some public politics satisfactory results to the development of the sector, they have not offered any solutions able to meet some demands such as education, production techniques and financing.