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Abstract
This article aims to investigate how Pronaf (National Program for the
Strengthening of Family Farming) is defined and assessed by the Brazilian government
in order to deconstruct any causal relationship between development and recognition that
may exist in the information about the program. The methodology used was a review of
official data on Pronaf, which directed the questions about the volume of funds available for
credit, as well as on the distribution of these between groups of beneficiaries and regions
in Brazil. As main results, it is highlighted that only the redistribution of resources is not
sufficient for the recognition of farmers.