Mulheres na agricultura familiar e o acesso ao crédito para financiamento de atividades produtivas

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to analyse the access of women to rural credit in the segment of family agriculture in the Northeast region from 2010 to 2019. Considering the important representativeness of family agriculture in the Northeast region, the research seeks to observe the contribution of the Constitutional Financing Fund of the Northeast (FNE) with the improvement of women's working conditions in family agriculture, through the monitoring of releases in productive credit for farmers belonging to the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (PRONAF) groups. The access of women in family agriculture to productive credit continues as a result of a trajectory of struggle in the face of the historical movement of decharacterization of their work in the productive sphere. Family agriculture is also a more vulnerable segment in terms of the scope of development policies, given its contained participation among public policies in rural areas. The main results are that women have more difficulty in obtaining land as owners and less technical assistance in their establishments. In terms of public policy performance, there has been a considerable decrease in financial resources released for both sexes, and this is more evident for women, with a sharp drop from 2015 onwards. Although progress has been made, there is still a gap in women's scope for public policy, not only in terms of coverage, but also in conditions of access to and

handling of land. The inclusion and maintenance of rural women in public policies can contribute to the promotion of inclusive development, since the production carried out, in addition to generating income for the establishments, contributes to the guarantee of national food sovereignty.