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| Author(s): |
Milena Pavan Serafim
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Geociências |
| Defense date: | 2011-08-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Renato Peixoto Dagnino;
Sonia Maria Pessoa Pereira Bergamasco;
Paula Ascoverde Cavalcanti;
Henrique Tahan Novaes;
Mário Artemio Urchei
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| Advisor: | Renato Peixoto Dagnino |
| Abstract | |
This thesis analyzes the coherence between the discourse and the actions implemented within the government relating to small family farming in the last decade in Brazil, focusing on two levels: a macro, that of national public policies, and a meso, or institutional, concerning institutional research programmes of EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). Despite the fact that these institutional programmes are part of the national public policies, the decision to treat them separately and perform the analysis on two levels was due to the specificities of programmes related to small family farming. More than being another interpretative view of the subject, this thesis seeks to contribute to the "studies on the prospects of small family farming," stressing the cognitive dimension as a factor supporting the farmers in the current context of intense modernization. Building on two theoretical and methodological approaches (Policy Analysis and organizational studies) the thesis identifies the characteristics and trends prevalent in these two levels. Through the reconstruction of the trajectory of federal policies and actions of EMBRAPA, focusing mainly on the most recent period (year 2000), it was possible to identify some interesting dynamics. At the level of federal policy, there was a mismatch with regard to the degree of radicalism of proposals. Allied to this, it was noted the prevalence of a "plural" discourse and a more moderate course of action, based on compromises. At the institutional level, it was observed that the proposed policy (federal and institutional) was strongly rejected by the hegemonic group. It was noted, also, the prevalence of an inarticulate and conservative discourse. Moreover, the attempt to dampen the conflict between small family farming and agribusiness is clear. The thesis concludes that although the change was very small at the federal level in terms of needs, one would expect it to have induced some significant changes in the research agenda of EMBRAPA, which was not observed (AU) | |