A distribuição dos recursos do PRONAF mulher no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Family farming is characterized as a form of work in rural areas in which property and work are directly linked to the family. The main credit policy that meets the needs of family farmers was created in 1996, the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (PRONAF), whose main objective is agricultural financing, to increase production on properties and family income. Women who play an important role in carrying out tasks in agriculture, and most of the time considered as help, perform double shift work, as in addition to worrying about property, they are responsible for maintaining and organizing the home. Thus, a specific line of credit was created for women in rural areas. Through PRONAF, a segment was created for this purpose, designed for the female public, including them in the production process to generate income, increasing female entrepreneurship and expanding women's autonomy and protagonism on rural properties. Therefore, the present study aims to analyze the dynamics and distribution of the PRONAF Women Program in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. To achieve the proposed objective, the study has an inductive character, based on a bibliographical review and secondary data referring to the registry of rural credit from PRONAF Mulher extracted from the Rural Credit Data Matrix covering the period from 2015 to. 2023. Studying PRONAF Mulher in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is important to understand local family farming, to understand how specific policies aimed at women can stimulate the category socially and economically. Although access to PRONAF Mulher in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is lower than in other states in the union, its relevance in participating in public policy for female empowerment is recognized. The results obtained indicate that between 2015 and 2023 more than 25 thousand contracts were accessed in Brazil, while in the state of Rio Grande do Sul the total was only 463 contracts