Inovação e modernização da agricultura brasileira: a dificuldade de inserção do agricultor familiar

Abstract

Brazilian agriculture began its modernization essentially during the 1960s and 1970s, which was responsible for major social, economic and geographical transformations. The purpose of this paper is to analyse this process of modernization of Brazilian agriculture and observe whether, in fact, technological innovations aimed at agriculture are accessible to attend all classes of producers, since as the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion inhabitants in 2050, the increase in world agricultural production requires more and more technological investments to guarantee food supply in the future. In order to carry out this work, a theoretical bibliographic review on technology applied to agriculture was carried out, together with a survey of agricultural censuses by the IBGE. It is concluded that, despite the success in transforming the technical base, consecrating Brazil into an important agricultural producer, small farmers, especially undercapitalized ones, did not obtain the necessary assistance to adapt to the most modern technological standard.