Assistência técnica e extensão rural para sistemas orgânicos de produção: estudo de caso de contrato de serviços de assistência técnica e extensão rural (ATER) para o estado do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Law No. 12.188 of January 11, 2010, which establishes the National Policy of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform - PNATER, together with the National Program of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform - PRONATER, based on sustainability, natural resources, environmental conservation, ecologically based agriculture, food and nutritional security and supremacy, supports the statements contained in the National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production (Pnapo 2012), and the National Plan for Agroecology and Production (Planapo), which challenges, among others, the expansion of the number of farmers and producers involved in organic and agroecological production, as well as the development of the research and rural extension that allows the socialization of agroecological knowledge for technicians, farmers and producers. The present work had as proposal the tabulation and analysis of data and actions resulting from the AG.RJ.0000032-15 contract, as a result of the ATER Law, which came to meet the demand for technical assistance for organic production and agroecological basis for the state of Rio de Janeiro and on this, a brief parallel was established with the macro challenges, axes and goals of PLANAPO, adhering to the ATER theme, aiming to highlight the importance and sufficiency of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension in the contracted molds, regarding the promotion, longevity and sustainability of family farming in these production systems. It was identified in this work, that the contracted ATER sought to respect the PNATER principles, but the initiative remained impaired due to the physical and financial imbalance of the contract, due to the poor planning in the construction of the public call, the non-convergence of public policies on the initiative and inadequate management of the contracted by the State. It was also observed the inadequacy of the indicators proposed by PLANAPO in quantifying the externalities resulting from its execution