The implementation of the national program to strengthen family farming in artisanal fishing in Imbé, RS/brazil

Abstract

The City of Imbé has its origins in the traditional population of artisanal fishermen who are currently inserted in the urban environment, sharing fishing places with other activities of an urbanized city. Because they have characteristics that differentiate them, it is important to understand how the Public Policy of PRONAF, created to serve family farming, is implemented in artisanal fishing. Using the concepts aimed at the Street Level Bureaucrat, in this case the rural extensionist, responsible for the connection between the State and the fishermen, documentary research and interviews with the Rural Extensionists, it was analyzed how the occurs implementation of PRONAF in the Municipality. Although PRONAF began to be implemented late in Imbé, 28 contracts were signed between the financial institutions and the 21 beneficiary artisanal fishermen. The credits accessed were used as funding and investment, reversed in the purchase of precision scales, freezers, outboard motors, small boats, trucks, motor vehicles and materials for making hammocks. The implementation of PRONAF is directly linked to the profile and work of the Street Level Bureaucrat, who is responsible for making the connection between artisanal fishermen and PRONAF, but to expand access it is necessary to increase the number of Extensionists.