Estratégias de produção e comercialização da agricultura familiar no município de São José dos Cordeiros - PB.

Abstract

Family farming is treated as a strategic segment for sustainable rural development and is responsible for ensuring a large part of the country's food security as an important supplier of food to the domestic market, as well as providing conditions for employment and income generation , to preserve natural resources and to offer healthier products for both domestic and local consumption. In this sense, the research had as objective to identify the strategies of production and commercialization of the producers of the familiar agriculture. It is also intended to outline the profile of family farmers; present the difficulties faced by farmers in producing and marketing their products; to verify the possibilities of incentives by the government as well as to know the reality of a sample of family farmers in the municipality who were contemplated with the PAIS. This is an exploratory-descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, using bibliographic research. As a research technique, interviews were conducted with family farmers in the municipality of São José dos Corduroys -PB. The survey was conducted in the period from February 1 to 15, 2018, and it was verified that the producers showed difficulties in the production and commercialization of its products, especially on the provision of technical assistance, water resources and seed bank training. With regard to participation in programs, producers had access to credit and marketing programs, especially in relation to the National School Feeding Program, where they did not awaken to this public policy.