A administração dos pequenos produtores rurais contratantes do Agroamigo no município de Nazarezinho-PB.

Abstract

Smallholders are of great relevance to the social and economic development of the country. However, the vast majority of smallholders presents serious management deficiencies, requiring consultancy on management issues to achieve greater income at their Agricultural Production Units. The goal of this research was to understand the basic aspects of the administration of smallholders at Nazarezinho – PB, all of them participants at Agroamigo, a credit program for smallholders at Brazil. The method used was a field investigations with semi-structures interviews and interpretative analysis. The main results of the research show that there are low education level at the smallholders researched, inefficiency of technical assistance agencies in supporting the producers with techniques and models of farm management and low level of knowledge about the management of expenses, profit and loss. We conclude that it is essential the involvement of technical assistance as a liaison between the participants in the management of the smallholders production units, especially related to management tools like register in field notebook, monitoring and survey of the properties recorded in the last agricultural year.