Impact of the Rural Agent Program on the performance of family farmers in the state of Ceará
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4809846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Costa Silva (0000-0002-6511-9729, Universidade Regional do Cariri), A S Khan (0000-0002-4079-7574, Universidade Regional do Cariri), Anderson Da Silva Rodrigues (0000-0002-2559-0305, Universidade Regional do Cariri), Eliane Pinheiro De Sousa (0000-0003-4088-0754, Universidade Regional do Cariri) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-2003 • E-ISSN: 1806-9479 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1806-9479.2023.276249en |
| OpenAlex | W4402516572 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0103-20032024000300226 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Rural extension plays a significant role in rural development, acting as an instrument of economic, social, and environmental leverage. Aware of this importance, Ceará has restructured its extension services by implementing the Rural Agent Program in 2012. In this sense, this study aims to evaluate the impact of this policy on agricultural sustainability and the generation of employment and income for family farmers in the municipality of Crato, Ceará, in 2021. The data were obtained through questionnaires with 112 farmers (beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the program). For this purpose, the Agricultural Sustainability Index (ISA) (in the environmental and economic dimensions) and the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) were used. The results showed that the Rural Agent Program contributed to the adoption of environmentally sustainable technologies and the promotion of employment and income generation for beneficiary families
Agribusiness · Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · State (computer science) · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Rural Development and Agriculture
Observational Studies
The Concept of Environmental Sustainability
Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices
How to understand and measure environmental sustainability
Agricultural sustainability
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator
Políticas de financiamento estudantil
O impacto do Pronaf sobre a sustentabilidade da agricultura familiar, geração de emprego e renda no Estado do Ceará
Impacto do Projeto Hora de Plantar sobre a sustentabilidade da produção de milho híbrido dos agricultores familiares no Cariri cearense
Efeito da utilização de assistência técnica sobre a renda de produtores familiares do Brasil no ano de 2014
O impacto da assistência técnica e extensão rural para os agricultores familiares pobres
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |