Comportamento dos indicadores agrícolas das principais lavouras beneficiadas pelo PRONAF na Região Nordeste

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze influence the PRONAF - National Program of Fortifies of Familiar Agriculture on the agricultural pointers: production, planted area and productivity of subsistences the farmings benefited for the Program in the State of the Northeast, the period 1999 to 2005. The research applied tabulate analyses and graphical. The results showed that indicators of agricultural crops of subsistence had growth rates well below the growth rates of the resources invested and the number of contracts of PRONAF. Factors such as weather, low level of human capital can undermine the effectiveness of PRONAF and performance indicators discussed. However, it is the need for a more rigorous application of the resources provided. Although many studies have examined the impacts of PRONAF on family farming, the study showed differential as the focus of subsistence crops in the Northeast.