PRONAF: uma análise sobre o papel do BNB na concessão de crédito a agricultores familiares do Estado da Paraíba, no período de 2005 a 2010

Abstract

This paper aims to present the behavior of credit applications, from PRONAF held by Banco do Nordeste (BNB) in the period 2005 to 2010, especially in the state of Paraiba. This research is a bibliographic data base, and exploratory documentary that begins with a contextual analysis of the process of state intervention in the economy through public policy, presenting a study on the performance and how the BNB has operationalizing PRONAF in Paraíba. The family formerly marginalized agricultural sector today, set in one of the main focuses of action of so-called social policies. The creation of PRONAF consolidates and confirms the importance of family farming in the Brazilian economy. In the period 2005 to 2010, 78% of all applications PRONAF in the state were made by the BNB. Although state intervention in key sectors of the economy, such as the rural areas, the resources of PRONAF in Paraiba were able to solve rural poverty, which seems reluctant.