Capacidades estatais da Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura do estado do Tocantins

Abstract

State capacities are relevant elements for institutions to be successful in their public policies. Considering the importance of activities related to the agricultural sector to the Tocantins economy, this dissertation sought to answer the following question: what are the state capacities of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Aquaculture of the state of Tocantins? To answer this question, we sought to: identify technical-administrative and political-relational capacities; analyze the strengths and weaknesses, and make suggestions for improvement based on the deficiencies found. In addition to documentary research, a questionnaire was applied to 33 (thirty-three) managers of the secretariat, which was prepared based on the adaptation of 2 (two) surveys carried out in the federal bureaucracy by IPEA (2019) and ENAP (2018). results achieved demonstrate that in the technical-administrative dimension SEAGRO makes great use of informational data from social media, presents the budget factor as the biggest obstacle to the good performance of the agency, difficulty in performing tasks such as “defining indicators”, and “writing texts normative ”, and less interaction with municipalities. In the political-relational dimension, SEAGRO showed little interaction with civil society organizations, public policy councils and conferences, with representatives of the legislature, judiciary, and with governments and international organizations. Thus, the research demonstrates that SEAGRO needs to improve some points in its technical and administrative capacities, such as using information resources that offer security in public policy decision making, adequacy of budget planning, training to its technical staff, and interaction with municipalities, and in the political-relational dimension, it needs to open channels for society's participation in public policy decisions, expand its interaction with the legislature, judiciary and public prosecutors, and with international organizations.