Avaliação de impacto do programa de incentivos à produção de mamona no estado do Ceará

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the level of technological adoption in castor production in Ceará and the impact of the incentive offered to produce castor on the generation of employment and income of family farmers included in that program. To this end, we selected a sample with a group of producers of castor and a second group of non-producing of castor in order to make comparisons. The research was based on primary data, obtained through the application of semi-structured interviews in the municipalities of Santa Quitéria, Monsenhor Tabosa and Boa Viagem. As methodology, the following techniques were used descriptive statistics, the construction of the Technology Adoption Index (INATEC), analysis of variance, analysis of logistic regression and propensity score matching. The main results showed a low level of technology adoption by producers. They also revealed that the incentive to produce castor generated significant impact on total farm income, farm income per hectare and total employment of the producers of this cultivar. However, are not observable impacts on the level of employment per hectare.