Recepção das ações do IPA (Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco), por agricultores do município de São Bento do Una – PE.

Abstract

There is an extensive worldwide discussion on food production and everything related to it, gaining increasing importance over time in increasing agricultural productivity to meet the needs of the growing population as well as the quality of these foods. As part of this discussion, we have the small farms, which are in charge of the production of food for subsistence of the producing family unit and of the entire population. The objective of this work was to present the interest of family agriculture in relation to their role in food production and employment generation in the municipality of São Bento do Una / Pe, a municipality in the wilderness of Pernambuco that receives ATER actions from the Agronomic Institute of Pernambuco (IPA), where the study of rural reality was carried out during the period from May to June 2019. Through interviews with a semi-structured script with the family farmers and ATER technicians of the Institute, with a methodology that linked interviews and simple observations, encompassing qualitative and quantitative data and what can be perceived from the services, through the statements of the interviewees and observations in the field, was the existence of the need for more government attention, with more public policies for services, projects and programs can be better developed. In this sense, family farmers in the municipality of São Bento do Una / Pe need assistance in IPA's ATER actions to make them more effective and bring better working conditions and development to the rural environment of the municipality.