https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net 5th November to 15th December 2016 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:32:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/papers/fast-and-integrated-revision-of-agricultural-risk-management-in-brazil/ https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/papers/fast-and-integrated-revision-of-agricultural-risk-management-in-brazil/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:00:43 +0000 http://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/?post_type=wea_paper&p=172 The agricultural sector is strategic for Brazilian economy and society, nevertheless, the fluctuation in GDP, which can reach 1% per year, indicates the weakness of risk management in the sector. This study identified that Brazil has good policies dedicated for risk management, although focused on risk mitigation. Response and transfer mechanisms, especially insurance, are still insufficient. The results also strongly suggest that the integration of policies and programs dedicate to agricultural risk management in Brazil is still low, consequently, it may be difficult to reduce the losses in a systematic way.

]]> https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/papers/fast-and-integrated-revision-of-agricultural-risk-management-in-brazil/feed/ 3 https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/papers/the-democratisation-of-access-to-land-in-brazil-between-2003-2015/ https://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/papers/the-democratisation-of-access-to-land-in-brazil-between-2003-2015/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2016 10:48:43 +0000 http://foodandjustice2016.weaconferences.net/?post_type=wea_paper&p=169 The settlements of agrarian reform are substantial food producers in Brazil, especially of regionals products. Between 2003-2015, the Brazilian federal government has made a great effort to guarantee the fulfilment of constitutional rights and a dignified life for rural inhabitants. In the pursuit of democratising and granting access to land, as well as in related efforts to reduce violence in rural areas, land policies have been considerably amplified and better articulated with other public policies. These actions have produced concrete results, to which the more than 798,000 families settled in 52 million hectares of land since 2003. For many people, advances above were shy, considering the huge inequality in access to land in Brazil, but were much when you consider our history of agrarian policies. Nowadays, all these advances are under threat, considering the new government’s announcements of a new legal framework for agrarian reform, from the perspective of strong reduction in social investment by the federal government.

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