Crédito e desenvolvimento: um estudo sobre o caso dos agricultores familiares cooperados do Projeto RECA em Nova Califórnia (RO)

Abstract

This dissertation aims investigate the relationship between rural microcredit of the Amazonia Florescer Program, of the Bank of Amazonia, and the realization of the right to development of cooperative family farmers of the Consortium and Densed Economic Reforestation Project (RECA Project). This association is located in the district of New California, state of Rondonia, bordering Acre. The paper asks if the Program contributes to the realization of that right. The research is exploratory and descriptive, combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches. It is a case study, having as sources of information, besides the bibliographic and documentary material, interviews with Project members in a field research carried out in July 2019. The analysis of the case revealed that the credit taken in the the Program was important for the regularization of these farmers 'land, for raising their and their families' level of education, for their rural succession, for strengthening their cooperative ties and for expanding their access to goods and services. Thus, the study showed that the Amazon Flourish Rural was a driver of positive changes in the quality of life of farmers, and can be characterized as important for the realization of their right to development.