Gestão de unidades de produção familiar rural: estudo de caso no município de Liberato Salzano

Abstract

Family farming is now an important sector within the Brazilian Agribusiness, however it has many challenges to face,among these, there is a management issue.There are several factors that determine the efficient management in Agricultural Production Units, as the interference of regional culture.To assist the UPA,there are tools that can be used in the management process ,but still need further studies and efforts to understand family farming in its various approaches.In this sense, the work aims to study the management of rural family production units, applying a case study in the city of LiberatoSalzano.The methodology used was the exploratory research, being at first used the literature and subsequent analysis of the UPA.Based on this study, it was concluded that the UPA studied does not use a specific tool existing management literature.As regards the management model based on spreadsheets despite its complexity complicatesand even prevents its use by farmers with little education , it helps to visualize economically UPA ,however , there have been enormous challenges regarding the Family Production Units management , requiring further studies on management models that address the complexities in this sector. It is urgent need for policies to provide subsidies to farmers to break with certain cultural, economic, environmental and social vices.