Roles and challenges of Brazilian small holding agriculture

Abstract

This paper aims at a critical review of roles, perspectives and challenges of small holding agriculture in Brazil, highlighting in particular the role of public policies and technological innovation in meeting current challenges to secure poverty reduction and sustainable growth. Though the paper draws exclusively from the Brazilian experience, some of the issues raised reflect also the reality of other Latin American countries. Lessons and policy implications for other emerging economies will also be raised at the end of the paper