RURAL CREDIT AND SUSTAINABILITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SMALL RURAL PROPERTIES

RURAL CREDIT AND SUSTAINABILITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SMALL RURAL PROPERTIES

Carolina Opuchkevitch, Aldo Siatkowski, Flavia Massuga, Mauricio Joao Atamanczuk

In view of the growing world demand for food, family farming and access to rural credit have been understood as essential factors for the sustainable development of the agricultural sector. Based on this context, this study aimed to identify the relationship between rural credit and the sustainable development of small agricultural properties in the municipality of Prudentópolis-PR comparing rural borrowing and non-borrowing properties in relation to meeting the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability. For that, a field research was carried out, from interviews and observations, in 6 rural properties, being 3 rural credit borrowers and 3 non-borrowers. The results demonstrate that rural credit is an essential tool for the development of rural properties. Despite farmers' lack of knowledge about the application of the concept of sustainability, differences are identified in the economic and social dimensions. In general, the results demonstrate that rural credit borrowing properties have more sustainable development measures than non-credit borrowers, denoting rural credit as an important tool that can assist in more sustainable agricultural production.

2020

Agricultura Familiar, Desenvolvimento sustentável, crédito rural

10.29183/2447-3073.MIX2020.v7.n1.61-72

Mix Sustentável

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Architecture