| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to systematize a governance proposal so that small farmers
can use pesticides responsibly. For this, it faced the problem of pesticide use based
on the following question that guided the investigation: How could small farmers use
pesticides responsibly? The initial hypothesis is that governance can contribute to
improving the culture of responsibility in the use of pesticides by small farmers. As a
general objective, the research intends to contribute to the Sustainable Development
systematized in the 2030 Agenda. In the development of the research, as specific
objectives, in chapter (i) it was sought to map the historical concept of the small
farmer and family farming and the legal construction of definition of the small farmer;
in chapter (ii) the objective was to demonstrate the problem of the use of pesticides
without responsibility and respective environmental impacts, passing through the
conceptualization of pesticides and their classification, their importance for
agriculture and the risks arising from their use; and, in chapter (iii) the objective was
to present the education system based on governance as an inclusive factor of
responsibility of the small farmer in the use and application of pesticides through
systemic thinking as an understanding of the universe of the small farmer for a selfregulation focused on the use of pesticides to promote sustainable development. As
research findings, the historical process of family farming for survival still prevailed
over the development of agriculture and, therefore, the use of pesticides, in excess,
would be linked to the lack of culture of small farmers about of the impacts of its
activities, as well as the share of environmental responsibility. From the confirmation
of the research hypothesis, it is that, in the end, an educational booklet for
governance in the use and application of pesticides for small farmers is presented as
a rigorous research result. The research methodology applied the inductive method,
because it started from the particular analysis of the phenomenon, but with a general
scope, allowing anyone to replicate the results after experiencing the same problems.
The research techniques include a bibliographic review and data collect and analysis. | en |
