Agricultura familiar e políticas públicas: benefícios do Pronatec na pequena propriedade rural do reassentamento São Francisco de Assis - TO

Abstract

This dissertation deals, albeit in a general way, with the relationship between public policies, family farmers and education. The question-problem that was intended to be answered is the following: were there improvements in the productive activities developed by family farmers in the São Francisco de Assis resettlement in Porto Nacional, Tocantins, after the realization of Pronatec? The research is justified in the search for an understanding about the effect offered, and if there are benefits for productive activities and for farmers with the realization of this public policy. As a general objective, it was proposed to verify whether the realization of Pronatec's FIC courses, with the residents participating in the referred resettlement, resulted in positive improvements in their perspectives and in this attempt to identify the perception regarding the acquisition of technical knowledge in the production process; check if they had any difficulties or problems during the course and identify their perception of the usefulness and importance of the courses. In the second chapter, the object of study and the literature review on resettlements, hydroelectric plants and agriculture were presented. In our third chapter, it was a discussion about the evaluation of public policies and Pronatec. The empirical research was carried out in a non-probabilistic sample of seven students / graduates of the course offered by Pronatec, of a qualitative and descriptive nature. The semi-structured interview was used as a data collection method and Bardin's content analysis was used as an analysis method, based on a priori categorization. The results show the perception of the interviewed graduates regarding the benefits they had as a result of participation, regarding the cultivation and management of the land, the perspectives on the course itself and their difficulties in doing so. And, finally, their opinion about the quality of life, usefulness and approval of the course they took. A preponderance of positive statements was found in relation to the course, the effects resulting from cultivation and management and the need expressed by respondents for such public policies to be more continuous. In terms of considerations, it remains for us to present that the course was well evaluated and desired by the graduates, even after five years had passed, as well as the importance that technical assistance and government support have for family farmers, being Pronatec's public policy assessed as positive in its effects on the community.