Estudo comparativo da tecnologia empregada na agricultura familiar do nordeste, Brasil

Abstract

A comparative analysis was made of technologies used by small farmers in the semi-arid "Sertão", "agreste" and humid east regions. lnformation collected by SUDENE, in collaboration with the World Bank, was used. The results showed that commercial farmers with market orientation, in the three regions, are technically more efficient than subsistence farmers. ln summary, if the objetive of the study is to increase the income of small farmers in the Northeast, the statistical results suggest that a program of incentives to transfer manpower from the humid east are to the "Sertão", other things being equal, would results in a better allocation of these resources. The rural extension service sould redouble its efforts to give technical assistance to these farmers to aid in a better allocation of their resources.