Family farming in brazil and the extinction of the ministry of agrarian development in 2016

In family farming, the property, management, and most of the work, including production and trade, is provided by people who have blood or marriage ties. The family farmer has recently risen as a political figure in the Brazilian history. From the point of view of public policies, the 1990s ushered the establishment of family farming as an agriculture model and political identity of Brazilian farming groups. This paper discusses the concept of family farming within the Brazilian public policies, as well as the contributions of this type of agriculture to the Brazilian development. It also approaches the impacts of the extinction of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) on this productive activity. This a qualitative basic research. The method consisted in a bibliographic and documentary survey. The end of the MDA set back the achievements of family farming and the advancement of land reform of the past two decades. Family farming lacks a framework of specific public policies that ensures the improvement and progress of life in the countryside.