Educação profissional e agricultura familiar em assentamentos rurais, Tabatinga-AM

Abstract

This Dissertation is the result of field research conducted in seven rural communities belonging to rural settlements Urumutum Project and Rio Tacana Sustainable Development Project in Tabatinga-AM region, between 2014-2016. The study used as subjects, students who attended the course "Family Farmer", offered by the profesional education ‘PRONATEC’ program sponsored by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the IFAM, IDAM and the city hall. The main purpose was to understand the impact that the PRONATEC course "Family Farmer" taken by the farmers, had on the development of family farming in the area of PA Urumutum and PDS Rio Tacana. This was achieved by making an analysis of the influence of the recently acquired knowledge and its impact on families. In general, the daily life and forms of sociability in these rural settlements formed by migrant families, was analyzed, with their ways of cultivation and production and use of land by farmers. Several visits were performed to the different sites where, besides observation, interviews and surveys were conducted, from which an analysis of the impact of the PRONATEC course on daily life of the farmers was followed. The ‘family farmer’ course brought several advantages for the settlers; besides the increase in quality and quantity of production and income, family members became more aware of the various public policies involving the sector, which was unknown to them before taking the course