Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:19:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarcioMM.pdf: 499390 bytes, checksum: d74e404feb33b747ca6324bf959b7774 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The present work deals with study on the National Program of Reinforcement of Familiar Agriculture, Group B, referring it offers of agricultural credit the agriculturists who possess familiar prescription until R$ 2,000, 00, and its impact in the agricultural occupation of the city of Cear?-Mirim. From theoretical referencial regarding the agricultural occupation, it collects of data, application of questionnaires between the beneficiaries of PRONAF B and interviews with the involved actors, it was made possible ascertainment of the hypothesis of that the program in this modality of credit, is capable to provide only to the maintenance or diversification of the occupation in the familiar unit and not it generation of remunerated occupation not familiar. This research disclosed to the diverse possibilities of use of the credit and its impact in the agricultural occupation, exactly when it is deviated for other purposes not waked up next to the financial institution, generating impacts not waited, however positive. When destined to the waked up end, still new forms appear of way occupation to complement it the deriving familiar prescription of the main activity. Unable to discard the rise even though very small and informal, non-family gainful occupation. The knowledge is added of that exactly ahead of the easinesses of access to the social base of the program, many familiar agriculturists still find difficulties in the approval of the which had credit, on the other hand, the requirements of the financial institutions / O presente trabalho trata de estudo sobre o Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar, Grupo B, referente a oferta de cr?dito rural aos agricultores que possuem receita familiar at? R$ 2.000,00, e seu impacto na ocupa??o rural do munic?pio de Cear?-Mirim. A partir de referencial te?rico a respeito da ocupa??o rural, coleta de dados, aplica??o de question?rios entre os benefici?rios do PRONAF B e entrevistas com os atores envolvidos, possibilitou-se a averigua??o da hip?tese de que o programa nesta modalidade de cr?dito, ? capaz de proporcionar apenas a manuten??o ou diversifica??o da ocupa??o na unidade familiar e n?o a gera??o de ocupa??o remunerada n?o familiar. Esta pesquisa revelou as diversas possibilidades de utiliza??o do cr?dito e seu impacto na ocupa??o rural, mesmo quando ? desviado para outras finalidades n?o acordadas junto ? institui??o financeira, gerando impactos n?o esperados, por?m positivos. Quando destinado ao fim acordado, surgem novas formas de ocupa??o de maneira a complementar a receita familiar oriunda da atividade principal. N?o foi poss?vel descartar o surgimento ainda que bastante restrito e informal de ocupa??o remunerada n?o familiar. Soma-se o conhecimento de que mesmo diante das facilidades de acesso ? base social do programa, muitos agricultores familiares ainda encontram dificuldades na aprova??o do cr?dito devido, em contrapartida, as exig?ncias das institui??es financeiras