Technical Assistance and Rural Extension in the state of Rio de Janeiro for Organic Production Systems, under the perspective of the National Policy of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (PNATER) and of the National Policy of Agroecology and Organic Production – PNAPO.
Public Policy; Agriculture in organic production system; Technical Assistance and Rural Extension, ATER; National Policy of Agroecology and Organic Production – PNAPO.
Law No. 12.188 of January 11, 2010, which establishes the National Policy of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform - PNATER, together with the National Program of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform - PRONATER, based on sustainability, natural resources, environmental conservation, environmentally friendly agriculture, food and nutritional security and sovereignty, supports the statements contained in the National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production (Pnapo), 2010, and the National Plan for Agroecology and Production. . Planapo, which challenges, among others, the expansion of the number of farmers and producers involved in organic and agroecological production, as well as the development of the research and extension agenda that allows the socialization of agroecological knowledge for technicians, farmers and producers. The present work had as proposal the tabulation and analysis of data and actions resulting from the contract AG.RJ.0000032-15, fruit of the Law of ATER, that came to meet the demand of technical assistance for the organic production and of agroecological base for the State of Rio de Janeiro and about it, a brief parallel was established with PLANAPO's macro challenges, axes and goals, resulting from the PNAPO guidelines, aiming to highlight the importance and sufficiency of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension in the contracted manner, regarding the promotion , longevity and sustainability of family farming in these production systems.