TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN FAMILY AGRICULTURE AND THE PRACTICES OF CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES IN THE GOIANESIA-GO REGION

Abstract

FAMILY FARMING CORRESPONDS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CARRIED OUT BY SMALL PRODUCERS IN WHICH THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED BY THE FAMILY NUCLEUS AND, AT MOST, BY A FEW SALARIED EMPLOYEES, BEING A COLLECTIVE SEGMENT IN WHICH THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ARE RELATED. FAMILY FARMING IS MADE UP OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED PRODUCERS WHO REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF RURAL PRODUCERS IN BRAZIL. IN RECENT YEARS, THE SEGMENT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OF BASIC FOODS, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO URBAN SUPPLY, THROUGH THE DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE PROCESSING OF FOOD AND RAW MATERIALS AIMING TO ANALYZE AND OBTAIN A PROFILE OF PRODUCERS OF VEGETABLES, THE PRESENT WORK AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, AND WHICH VEGETABLES ARE GROWN MOST FREQUENTLY BY PRODUCERS IN THE REGION OF GOIAN�SIA / GO. DATA WERE COLLECTED USING A SEMI-STRUCTURED FORM, AND THE RESULTS WERE EXPRESSED IN GRAPHS FOR BETTER PRESENTATION AND GENERATION OF STATISTICAL GRAPHS. IT WAS FOUND THAT 80% OF THE PRODUCERS DO NOT RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND MAKE MANY MISTAKES IN THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, AND AFFIRM THAT A PERMANENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WILL CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO THE INCREASE OF PRODUCTION AND QUALITY IN THE FINAL PRODUCT.