Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements

This article analyzes the conservative narratives underlying current changes in Brazilian rural development public policies. It first presents an overview of the recognition and institutionalization of family farming and the main policies created in support of this segment. Subsequently, it discusse...

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Main Authors: Paulo Niederle, Catia Grisa, Everton Lazaretti Picolotto, Denis Soldera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Latin American Studies Association 2019-09-01
Series:Latin American Research Review
Online Access:https://larrlasa.org/articles/366
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spelling doaj-8243229d6f284997b3072f1270b9afab2020-11-25T01:22:41ZengLatin American Studies AssociationLatin American Research Review1542-42782019-09-0154310.25222/larr.366219Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted CountermovementsPaulo Niederle0Catia Grisa1Everton Lazaretti Picolotto2Denis Soldera3Federal University of Rio Grande do SulFederal University of Rio Grande do SulFederal University of Santa MariaFederal University of Rio Grande do SulThis article analyzes the conservative narratives underlying current changes in Brazilian rural development public policies. It first presents an overview of the recognition and institutionalization of family farming and the main policies created in support of this segment. Subsequently, it discusses how a conservative narrative started to question the ability of these policies to integrate family farmers into modern agricultural markets. Focusing on how this narrative tries to legitimate a new “referential” for public action, the article analyzes the discourse on newly occurring segregation between agricultural policies for productive farmers and social policies for unproductive ones. It demonstrates how this discourse excludes family farmers from the social pact that prevailed over the past three decades and depended on the state as an actor to mediate the contradictions in the unstable coexistence of agribusiness and family-farming logics. Finally, it analyzes how rural social movements are reacting to this process.   Resumen Este artigo analisa as narrativas conservadoras que sustentam as atuais mudanças nas políticas públicas de desenvolvimento rural no Brasil. Em primeiro lugar, analisa o processo de reconhecimento e institucionalização da agricultura familiar e das principais políticas criadas para este segmento. Em seguida, discute como uma narrativa conservadora começou a questionar a capacidade destas políticas de integrar os agricultores familiares aos modernos mercados agrícolas. Discutindo como esta narrativa busca legitimar um novo referencial de ação pública, o artigo crítica uma nova segregação entre políticas agrícolas para os agricultores “produtivos” e políticas sociais para os “improdutivos”. Os resultados demonstram como este discurso exclui os agricultores familiares do pacto social que prevaleceu nas últimas três décadas e que dependeu do Estado como ator para mediar as contradições da coexistência instável entre a lógica do agronegócio e da agricultura familiar. Por fim, discute como os movimentos sociais rurais reagem a esse processo.https://larrlasa.org/articles/366
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author Paulo Niederle
Catia Grisa
Everton Lazaretti Picolotto
Denis Soldera
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Catia Grisa
Everton Lazaretti Picolotto
Denis Soldera
Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
Latin American Research Review
author_facet Paulo Niederle
Catia Grisa
Everton Lazaretti Picolotto
Denis Soldera
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title Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
title_short Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
title_full Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
title_fullStr Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
title_full_unstemmed Narrative Disputes over Family-Farming Public Policies in Brazil: Conservative Attacks and Restricted Countermovements
title_sort narrative disputes over family-farming public policies in brazil: conservative attacks and restricted countermovements
publisher Latin American Studies Association
series Latin American Research Review
issn 1542-4278
publishDate 2019-09-01
description This article analyzes the conservative narratives underlying current changes in Brazilian rural development public policies. It first presents an overview of the recognition and institutionalization of family farming and the main policies created in support of this segment. Subsequently, it discusses how a conservative narrative started to question the ability of these policies to integrate family farmers into modern agricultural markets. Focusing on how this narrative tries to legitimate a new “referential” for public action, the article analyzes the discourse on newly occurring segregation between agricultural policies for productive farmers and social policies for unproductive ones. It demonstrates how this discourse excludes family farmers from the social pact that prevailed over the past three decades and depended on the state as an actor to mediate the contradictions in the unstable coexistence of agribusiness and family-farming logics. Finally, it analyzes how rural social movements are reacting to this process.   Resumen Este artigo analisa as narrativas conservadoras que sustentam as atuais mudanças nas políticas públicas de desenvolvimento rural no Brasil. Em primeiro lugar, analisa o processo de reconhecimento e institucionalização da agricultura familiar e das principais políticas criadas para este segmento. Em seguida, discute como uma narrativa conservadora começou a questionar a capacidade destas políticas de integrar os agricultores familiares aos modernos mercados agrícolas. Discutindo como esta narrativa busca legitimar um novo referencial de ação pública, o artigo crítica uma nova segregação entre políticas agrícolas para os agricultores “produtivos” e políticas sociais para os “improdutivos”. Os resultados demonstram como este discurso exclui os agricultores familiares do pacto social que prevaleceu nas últimas três décadas e que dependeu do Estado como ator para mediar as contradições da coexistência instável entre a lógica do agronegócio e da agricultura familiar. Por fim, discute como os movimentos sociais rurais reagem a esse processo.
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