The globalization of food trade has needed robust traceability systems to ensure consumer safety, quality and sustainability product. By fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging responsible resource use, traceability plays a key role in protecting the environment and...

The general objective of this study is to analyze the prevalence of food and nutritional insecurity (FNI) in the Brazilian population, differentiating its incidence between urban and rural environments. To this end, a multinomial logit model was used with data from the Continuous National...

Agriculture constitutes an activity intrinsically linked, in the collective imagination, to the rural world. Such economic activities are also, however, carried out in cities, and their mediations. This study aims to provide a current overview of AUP in Brazil and evaluate the challenges...

This study aims to contribute to the evaluation effort on public policies for rural development and support for family farming based on the Agroamigo Program, developed since 2005, aimed at the low-income group of farmers living in municipalities within the area of operation of the Banco do...

Bioinputs have increasingly proven to be a strategic element for promoting the sustainability of Brazilian agriculture and livestock, offering an alternative to the use of chemical products. However, the sector still faces significant challenges in Brazil. In this context, this study aimed to...

Chinese society has transformed in recent decades, moving from a predominantly agricultural country to one of the largest economies in the world. However, the accelerated industrialization and urbanization process has created considerable gaps between the rural and urban areas and the...

Brazilian agribusiness, a sector that represents a quarter of the country's economy, has undergone significant transformations since the 1960s. With the economic opening and financial stabilization of the 1990s, several agribusiness productive segments maintained a good performance, although the...

The goal of the study is to analyze family farmers in Brazilian Northeast Region, based on a brief approach and the Pronaf insertion in that area. Exploratory analysis was developed based on 2017 agricultural census. Results highlight great number of agricultural units which raise animals or...

Created in 2003 with the objective of promoting family farming and combating food insecurity of people in vulnerable situations, the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) has been an important marketing channel for small rural producers and a relevant way of promoting access to healthy food public...

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...