Over the last decade, some two hundred municipalities in the state of São Paulo increased the area of Atlantic Forest, and since most of them are adjacent areas they are starting to show up as authentic spots of recovering forests on the map of the State. The present article seeks to identify...

The agrarian conditions and the low relative levels of the socioeconomic indicators cause the area of the “High Jequitinhonha Valleyâ€, in the northeast of the State of Minas Gerais, to be considered one of the most complex areas of Brazil. For this reason several governanmental...

Beginning in the 1970’s the plateaus of Alto Jequitinhonha, northeast of Minas Gerais, until then areas of common use by family farmers, were planted with eucalyptus. This article analyzes the effects of reforestation on land occupation, comparing it with the areas of the family...

This paper presents the families’ credit conditions in rural areas in Brazil. We perform the analysis in two steps. First, we follow an indirect approach, where the credit rationing is associated to the wealth importance in the families’ decisions, using micro data from...

This paper aims at evaluating the capacity of the territorial appro-ach to contribute to poverty issues and Brazilian social inequalities, repre-senting an alternative of employment and income generation in depressed rural territories. Through Consórcios de Segurança Alimentar e...

This work analyzes the recent experience of the “Consortium of Local Development and Alimentary Security†(CONSADs) in the sou-thern Brazil based in a study carried out by Federal University of Pelotas together FAO and Brazilian Social Development Ministry. The research examined 137...

The introduction of the productivity gains model in the Brazi-lian agriculture has caused important changes in the rural environment, affecting its development. The agricultural sector in Paraná is part of this process and in this state, also, there have been significant shifts in the structure...

This paper aims at identifying, describing and analyzing the problems faced by Argentine rural extensionists in their practice. To this end, a survey was conducted, which was replied by 219 extensionists. Problems appearing repeatedly in the open replies were categorized using Atlas Ti software....