Análise da Eficácia Social de um Programa de Produção Agroecológica Destinado a Pequenos Produtores Rurais

Abstract

This article seeks to identify the social contribution from Agroecology and Sustainable Integrated Production (PAIS), in terms of social and economic gains for small farmers benefited. For both were interviewed resident producers in the city of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. The PAIS Program offers farmers a new alternative employment and income, stimulating sustainable property development and organic agriculture through a production process without the use pesticides. The survey data were obtained through literature and, later, field research with a sample of 37 producers from different settlements of the municipality. The results showed that producers are satisfied with the development of the program, which has achieved the development of family agriculture, promoting food production from the perspective of sustainability and raising the level of quality of life among producers.