Desafios para políticas de apoio à agricultura familiar em área periurbana: O caso da cooperativa Univerde - Nova Iguaçu/RJ

Abstract

Many areas of metropolitan regions have become spaces devoid of infrastructure, whose population therefore appears vulnerable to socio-economic problems, and food. As an alternative to this reality and the consequences of the accelerated process of urbanization, urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) has gained strength in the present scenario, having a key role in countries such as Brazil. Agricultural practices in urban areas, when integrated agroecology, go against the serious problems that directly affect food systems, as aiding social equity, improving the quality of life and environmental sustainability. This justifies the need for government intervention and public policy for the sector. As a way to reuse the soil between 2005 and 2008, the project was developed in Family Farming Ranges Pipeline in Duque de Caxias and Nova Iguaçu - municipalities of Baixada Fluminense - in a partnership between Petrobras/Transpetro companies and mediators. However, with the completion of this, some farmers abandoned the activity while others continued the same, creating the Cooperative Family Farmers Univerde. Adopting the case of farmers Univerde members, is investigated from a look at the inclusion or exclusion of these government policies to support family agriculture in rural / urban, in an attempt to draw a parallel federal level regarding general guidelines for some programs and policies that directly or indirectly address the issue of urban and peri-urban agriculture. In this context, the goal is to identify existing barriers in public policy with respect to the challenges to the development of family agriculture in peri-urban context in terms of generating employment and income.