Microcrédito rural para pequenos produtores familiares: o programa agroamigo em Lagoa Seca-PB.

Abstract

Analyzes the microcredit program Agroamigo Banco do Nordeste from the perspective of beneficiaries in rural communities Amaragi, Almeida, Campinote, Mineiro and Pai Domingos, in the municipality of Lagoa Seca, Paraiba inside. Our main goal is to investigate how small producers Agroamigo, are applying the resources of microcredit in the family unit and analyze the conditions of life of farmers. Having the dialectical method as a guide, if you want to observe the relationship between agricultural and non- agricultural production, rural microcredit and family reproduction, thus indicating the possible limits, as well as the possibilities that Agroamigo may present with regard the effective capacity to ensure better living conditions for farmers studied. Thus, we highlight the socioeconomic characteristics of those social actors in which live in extreme poverty and are deprived of effective public policies to improve their living conditions. For the development of this work directly semistructured interviews with beneficiaries Agroamigo with open and closed questions were conducted associated the following dimensions: living conditions, production / consumption and influence of Agroamigo in production and social reproduction . In short, we intend to study the performance of public policies in Brazil focusing on family agriculture group B Pronaf, and in particular the microcredit program Agroamigo and their possible contributions to changes in the conditions of life and work of farmers neediest families.