Uso de agrotóxicos pela agricultura familiar no semiárido brasileiro

Abstract

In the Brazilian Semiarid region, where a large part of family farming is located, there is the possibility of using pesticides with PRONAF resources, which contradicts the view that family farming is always linked to sustainable practices. Thus, the analysis of the use of pesticides by family farming, identifying the percentages of this use, becomes pertinent. To this end, SIDRA/IBGE Table 6851 was accessed, where we sought to extract data related to rural establishments and the use of pesticides at the national, regional (Northeast and Southeast) and Brazilian Semiarid, Northeastern and Southeastern levels with and without financing from PRONAF B and V. The results found allowed us to see that the use of pesticides by family farming in the Brazilian Semiarid region can vary from 8.22% to 52.53% depending on the state and that the Non-PRONAF state has a higher consumption of pesticides, leading to considerations that the inclusion of family farming in public policies can lead to a lower use of pesticides. However, values found of 1/4 to 1/5 of establishments using pesticides, even when assisted by Pronaf’s B and V, indicated that more investments in rural extension, technical assistance and agroecological production proposals, should permeate not only family farming but also the different Pronaf options.