This study evaluates the two main national programs for public purchases of products from family farming in Brazil: the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). The proposed objective was to analyze the impact of these programs on the income of suppliers in...

The Food Acquisition Program (PAA) is a federal government public procurement program created to support family farming and combat food and nutritional insecurity. This study analyzed the incentive provided by the PAA for agroecological and organic production in family farming, addressing the...

The goal was to analyze the trend of agricultural support in the European Union (EU), China, the United States of America (USA), and Japan from 2000 to 2022. Producer Support Estimate (PSE) and Consumer Support Estimate (CSE) estimates organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

The remarkable expansion of Brazilian agricultural production in recent decades has not been uniform across the territory, nor in terms of cultivated species and type of animal production. Some crops prospered significantly more than others, and expanded at a faster pace. In this scenario, how...

Agricultural support is one of the main tools used by governments to achieve their domestic goals, especially since the food shortages during and immediately after World War II. However, specific agricultural support programs can affect agricultural production in various ways, and support...

The Food Acquisition Program (PAA) is a public policy that uses the federal government's purchasing power to promote the strengthening of family farming and combat food and nutritional insecurity in Brazil. This text presents an analysis of PAA acquisitions in the period from 2011 to 2019 to...

A considerable part of the population in the area of influence (AI) of the São Francisco Integration Program (PISF) in the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará survives from agricultural production in the approximately 500 thousand agricultural establishments scattered...

A vast economic literature argues that well-defined property rights over land use can be associated with increases in efficiency in the use of scarce resources. In December 2020, the Brazilian government launched the Titula Brasil program, which aims to support and facilitate the land...

The concept of family farming has been disseminated since the 1990s throughout the world, including in Latin American countries and Brazil. Numerous official documents and academic papers make reference to the concept throughout the region. However, the use of related conceptual terminologies...

The National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production (PNAPO) was established in 2012 with the primary aim of integrating, articulating, and adapting governmental actions aimed at promoting agroecology and organic production in Brazil. The National Bioinputs Program (PNB) was instituted in...