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Abstract
The paper analyzes the adoption of agro-ecological techniques
by a group of small family farmers in a region of the State of Paraná.
The sample of the farmers to be interviewed was obtained by applying
a methodology of fast rural assessment and relied on the work of a non
governmental organization (AS-PTA) that has the major responsible
for the technological change in the region. A typology of producers and
agrarian systems was obtained, which made it possible to evaluate the
technological trajectories followed. A negative correlation was observed
between the capitalization level of the farm unity and the adoption of
agro-ecological techniques, suggesting that the latter are being introduced
as a low risk strategy to improve the production conditions within a context
of labor abundance and capital scarcity. The paper concludes that it
is worth to support those farmers in their decision through more focused
public policies (credit and scientific research).