Call number: LD2668 .T4 1984 B42 / Master of Science

Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research examines agriculture value chain finance as it has been applied in the Komati Downstream Development Project. It seeks to assess whether the Komati Downstream Development Project has addressed the challenges of access to finance, markets and support services and enabled smallholder farmers in the project area to operate commercially. The Swaziland National Development Strategy of 1999 committed to increase investment in agriculture. The Komati Downstream Development Project was in line with this strategy. However, for smallholder farmers to commercialise they needed to first overcome the constraints they faced, which included access to finance, access to markets and access to both business and technical support. This research will contribute to future developments and decisions involving the increase of financial flows and investment to the agriculture sector in Swaziland and in other developing countries. This is an empirical research study primarily using a qualitative method to answer the research question. The research design included a review of documentary evidence from a desktop study to collect secondary data and a field study through face-to-face interviews to collect primary data. The primary data was gathered through semi-structured interviews. The organisations interviewed included ten farmers’ associations, the outgrower development department, Swaziland Industrial Development Company and Swaziland Water and Agriculture Development Enterprise. Content analysis was used to analyse the results identifying similar themes and patterns from the interview transcripts. Secondary data on the performance of the KDDP farmers with respect to production volumes and quality of produce was collected and analysed to answer the question whether the smallholder farmers had moved from operating at a subsistence level to a commercial one. The research findings show that the agriculture value chain finance approach as applied in KDDP has improved access to markets, access to finance and access to support and services, and, in the process, the smallholder farmers are now operating commercially. The farmers are able to engage with bigger markets for both inputs and outputs in large-scale sugarcane farming. However, notable findings were made with respect to access to finance and support. Most of the farmers reported the need for continued support by Swaziland Water and Agriculture Development Enterprise and training despite the need to wean them off. Regarding access to finance, farmers reported improved access with more financial institutions selling financial products to the farmers and wanting to finance them. However, none of the farmers’ associations interviewed had accessed additional funding from any of the financial institutions following the initial funding they had acquired. The farmers’ associations have instead turned to internal sources of funds. Though these challenges do not change the conclusion, they are of concern and need to be addressed.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1986 V36 / Master of Science / Agricultural Economics

O sistema de financiamento da cafeicultura evoluiu no processo da transição do trabalho escravo para o livre, ocasionando o aumento da demanda do crédito para o custeio anual da safra sobre os empréstimos de longo prazo exigidos durante o regime escravista. Por outro lado, a crise dos preços do café ocorrida entre 1896 e 1906 evidenciou as limitações do sistema de financiamento existente que estava baseado nos adiantamentos fornecidos por comerciantes. As novas necessidades de crédito e o crescente clima de descontentamento com os mecanismos comerciais de financiamento acabariam por suscitar propostas de intervenção do Estado com políticas de crédito agrícola a serem organizadas ou subsidiadas pelo governo do Estado de São Paulo e que viriam a ser concretizadas na esteira do programa de valorização do café, adotado em 1906. Tais intervenções incluiriam a criação de bancos agrícolas e o incentivo às cooperativas rurais de crédito, das quais os chamados Bancos de Custeio Rural são os primeiros experimentos desse tipo no estado e constituem nosso objeto de estudo. Os Bancos de Custeio Rural formaram uma rede de cooperativas de crédito, que atuou entre 1906 e 1914 no interior do estado de São Paulo. Esses bancos emprestavam apenas aos fazendeiros associados o valor demandado no financiamento anual da lavoura. Tendo surgido no contexto da crise cafeeira de 1896-1906, a sua reconstituição revela o intenso debate a respeito dos meios de se combater a crise e sobre o papel do Estado no financiamento agrícola. Os bancos de custeio surgiram como uma alternativa à intervenção governamental no sistema de crédito e representam a primeira experiência com o cooperativismo de crédito no Estado de São Paulo. Em 1914, eles estavam presentes em quarenta e nove cidades paulistas, no entanto, apesar de seu rápido crescimento, eles desapareceram após a falência da companhia que os organizava, em janeiro deste ano. Neste artigo discutimos as circunstâncias de seu surgimento, sua organização, atuação e falência / The financing system of coffee has evolved in the transition from slave to free labor process as credit for the cost of the annual harvest was imposed in relation to long-term loans required by the slave system. On the other hand, the crisis in coffee prices that occurred between 1896 and 1906 would demonstrate the limitations of the funding system, based on advances provided by merchants. The new credit requirements and the growing sense of discontent with commercial financing mechanisms would eventually raise proposals for state intervention through an agricultural credit policy to be organized by the state government of São Paulo and that was to be carried on the mat the coffee valorization program adopted in 1906. Such interventions include the establishment of agricultural banks and encouraging rural credit cooperatives of which the so-called Costing rural banks are the first experiments of this type in the state and constitute our object of study. The \"Bancos de Custeio Rural\" consisted of a network of credit unions that operated between 1906 and 1914 in the state of São Paulo. During this period, these banks lent, to associated farmers only, the necessary amount to fund their annual crop. Having arisen in the context of the coffee crisis of 1896-1906, their reconstitution reveals the intense debate regarding ways to tackle the crisis and the role of the state in agricultural finance. The BCRs emerged as an alternative to government intervention in the credit system and represented the first experience with the credit cooperativism in the state of São Paulo. In 1914, they were present in forty-nine cities of that state. However, despite its rapid growth, they disappeared as soon as the company that have organized them went bankrupt, in January of that same year. In this article, we discuss the circumstances of its emergence, organization, operations and bankruptcy

Thesis (M.DEV.) --University of Limpopo, 2012. / This research presents a study to investigate impact of support services rendered to land restitution claim settlement, with a focus on Masakona community in Makhado municipality in Limpopo Province There is encouraging evidence from a number of studies, however that the period after land settlement or restitution is the most critical because the success of land reform is not only measured by the number of hectors restitution, but by the support services rendered to those restituted projects. However, in this study, indicators were developed with overall purpose of determining or assessing whether specific improvement is been realized after implementation of agricultural support services. The indicators include improved access to financial,( implements , mechanization and job creation), access to extension support (improved crop production owing to provided advisory services); access to market information; and capacity building (change in farmer’s skills and knowledge). The study includes a review of international and local literature on land reform (especially land restitution). It is based on repeated field visits to Masakona land restitution projects, interview with employed beneficiaries of Masakona restituted project, CPA management committee members and extension officers from Limpopo Department of Agriculture who are servicing the restituted projects. The findings of this study point to the need for the state to rethink its strategy on post- settlement support and the involvement of a range of institutions, especially local government, for the sustainability and productivity of these projects.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-170). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-170). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-257).

Reconhecendo o dever do Estado de concretizar os direitos fundamentais, através de políticas públicas, e com o propósito de apresentar uma alternativa de proteção ambiental no país, utilizando o crédito rural como instrumento econômico indutor de condutas ambientalmente corretas, a presente dissertação propõe uma nova perspectiva de política pública de fomento ao agronegócio, visando ao desenvolvimento sustentável. Do jeito como está legislado no Brasil, o crédito para financiamento da produção agropecuária não exige dos produtores rurais apresentação de certidões negativas que comprovem o uso racional dos recursos naturais e a preservação do meio ambiente, podendo ser disponibilizado até mesmo para reincidentes poluidores e degradadores. Deste modo, buscará evidenciar, como confirmação da hipótese apresentada ao problema, a viabilidade jurídica de modificar a Lei n.º 4.829/1965, para vincular a concessão do crédito rural à efetiva proteção do meio ambiente, lançando mão, para tanto, do método analítico argumentativo e da pesquisa bibliográfica, com interpretação do Ordenamento Jurídico Brasileiro, mormente da Constituição de 1988, da Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente e demais institutos relacionados ao tema das políticas públicas. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-05-25T14:28:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Fabiano Lira Ferre.pdf: 1773442 bytes, checksum: 50d0d4adc541aaa49d74ad7f9b3f5e65 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-25T14:28:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Fabiano Lira Ferre.pdf: 1773442 bytes, checksum: 50d0d4adc541aaa49d74ad7f9b3f5e65 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-25 / Recognizing the duty of the State to achieve the fundamental rights through public policies, and in order to present an alternative to environmental protection in the country, using the rural credit as economic instrument to induce environmentally sound behavior, this thesis proposes a new perspective public policy promoting the agribusiness, aiming at sustainable development. As it stands legislated in Brazil, credit for agricultural production financing does not require of farmers submitting clearance certificates proving the rational use of natural resources and preservation of the environment and can be made available even to repeat polluters and degraders. Thereby sought to show, as confirmation of the hypothesis presented to the problem, the legal feasibility of modifying the Law n.º 4.829/1965, to link the granting of rural credit to the effective protection of the environment, making use, to this end, the argumentative and literature analytical method, with interpretation of the Brazilian Legal System, especially the 1988 Constitution, the National Environmental Policy and other related institutions to the issue of public policy.

Orientador: Pedro Ramos / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T21:16:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_SelmaAparecidados_M.pdf: 3208834 bytes, checksum: 3c815e4743283460c6df5d20a476c945 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O presente trabalho busca analisar a trajetória de um Assentamento de Reforma Agrária, considerando os fatores que interferem e afetam o seu desenvolvimento. Esse estudo foi baseado na experiência do maior assentamento do Estado de São Paulo, o Assentamento Reunidas, localizado no município de Promissão. Este trabalho é constituído de três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo aborda as políticas de assentamentos no Brasil, com um breve histórico e avaliações recentes, delimitando o período de 1985 a momentos atuais. Esse capítulo está subdividido em: 1) Políticas Públicas de Assentamentos Rurais no Brasil: I PNRA, PROCERA/ PRONAF ¿ transição de assentados para agricultores familiares e II PNRA; 2) Políticas Públicas para Assentamentos de Reforma Agrária e seus passivos; 3) Dilemas e impasses atuais dos Assentamentos. Os dilemas e impasses dos assentamentos rurais no Brasil estão relacionados diretamente com as políticas de assentamentos, com os 'passivos¿ existentes. O segundo capítulo refere-se à trajetória do Assentamento Reunidas, com avaliações da literatura e outras considerações. O ponto principal é por que e em que momento o Assentamento Reunidas foi considerado uma 'experiência modelo¿? Esse tópico enfoca a história e a trajetória do Assentamento de 1987 a momentos atuais. O terceiro capítulo mostra o que mudou na trajetória do Assentamento Reunidas destacando a análise dos fatores que interferiram no seu desenvolvimento: infra-estrutura, crédito, organização dos trabalhadores e comercialização / Abstract: The present work searches to analyze the trajectory of a Establishment of Agrarian Reform, considering the factors that interfere and affect its development. This study was based on the experience of the largest establishment of the State of Sao Paulo, the Reunidas Establishment, located in the municipal district of Promissão. This work is constituted of three chapters. The first chapter approaches the politics of establishments in Brazil, with brief historical and recent evaluations, defining the period of 1985 to current moments. This chapter is subdivided in: 1) Public politics of Rural Establishments in Brazil: I PNRA, PROCERA / PRONAF - transition of having seated for family farmers and II PNRA; 2) Public politics for Establishments of Agrarian Reform and its passive ones; 3) dilemmas and current problems of the Establishments. The dilemmas and problems of the rural establishments in Brazil are directly related with the politics of establishments, with the passive ones existent. The second chapter refers to the trajectory of the Reunidas Establishment, with evaluations of the literature and other considerations. Why is the main point and in which moment the Reunidas Establishment was considered ' model of experience'? This topic focuses the history and the trajectory of the Establishment of 1987 to current moments? The third chapter shows what moved in the trajectory of the Reunidas Establishment the analysis of the factors that have interfered in its development highlighting: infrastructure, credit, the workers' organization and commercialization / Mestrado / Economia Agricola e Agraria / Mestre em Desenvolvimento Econômico