On the issue of the access to rural extension services in Brazil and in the state of Goiás
a spatio-temporal analysis of 2006 and 2017 Agricultural Census data
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14393/RCT153509Abstract
This article aims to analyse the extent to which the investments and actions made between 2003 and 2017 by the Brazilian government in the extension service succeeded in satisfying their objectives. For this purpose, we analysed a data set of the Agricultural Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) from 2006 and 2017. The space of research included Brazil, the state of Goiás and its five Geographic Mesoregions. Analysing this data set, we found that the resumption of federal investments in the extension service was not sufficient to promote the universalization and democratization of its access in the country, nor has it enabled the expansion of production systems that are less harmful to the environment and human health, making the construction of a sustainable, solidary and equitable rural development model unfeasible in the Brazilian countryside. To mitigate or even overcome the issues highlighted in this paper, it is urgent to build and articulate strategies to ensure access to the quality and quantity technical guidance needed by farmers, seeking to promote a new development model based on more autonomous, resilient production systems and sustainable.
