Family farming in public irrigation projects: analysis of policy and collective action among farmers in the Médio Vale do São Francisco (Brasil)

Authors

  • Aldemir Inácio Azevedo Doutor em Desenvolvimento Sustentável (UnB), professor do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia, Brasil
  • Cláudia Mirella Pereira Ramos Doutoranda e Mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil

Abstract

The research investigated experiences of family farmers in public irrigation projects, analyzing them from the concept of collective action. The main elements that interfere with the results are: the farmers' organization processes, the government's actions and the rural technical assistance. These aspects were analyzed from data collected in the interviews with the social actors involved, mainly farmers. The results showed that the organizational processes are able to have an relevant role while they have potential to strengthen the collective and individual actions into the process of production and commercialization. Therefore, in a general way, the farmer‘s organization produce results with a limited goal and they show themselves unstable in relation to the development of the activities which they propose themselves to develop.

Keywords: Rural development. Access to land. Agricultural production.

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Published

2019-12-03

How to Cite

Family farming in public irrigation projects: analysis of policy and collective action among farmers in the Médio Vale do São Francisco (Brasil). (2019). Semina - Revista Dos Pós-Graduandos Em História Da UPF, 18(2), 55-78. https://ojs.upf.br/index.php/ph/article/view/10322