Evaluation of Brazilian family farming program: a study on the intention of repaingy the agricultural credit/Avaliacao do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar: a intencao de pagamento do credito

This publication is part of a major study (Thesis). In that thesis it was analyzed the intention of Pronaf's beneficiaries to repay the credit they have received. The Pronaf is a line of credit for small farmers implemented by the Brazilian Federal Government in 1996. Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior (1991) was used to evaluate the beneficiaries' intention in paying what they owned. In order to accomplish this evaluation, two studies were conducted. The first one (Preliminary Study) focused on the small farmer's beliefs about the program operation. The second (Main Study) focused on the measurement of these beliefs. Two beneficiary groups participated of the studies: Group A (agrarian reform settlers) and Group B (small farmers). According to Ajzen's model, for the participants of the Group A, the Attitude, the Normative belief (subjective norm component) and the Subjective Norm were positive significant predictors of the Intention to repay the credit. For the Group B, the Attitude, Behavioral belief (attitude component), Normative belief (subjective norm component) and Control belief (perceived behavioral control component) were positive significant predictors of the Intention to repay the credit. The Perceived behavioral control did not influence directly the behavioral Intention, but this variable indirectly predicts the target behavior. Keywords: Social psychology; program evaluation; rural credit payment; theory of planned behavior; Pronaf. Esta publicacao faz parte de um estudo maior (Tese). Nela analisou-se a intencao de pagamento do credito no contexto da avaliacao do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf) na Paraiba. A pesquisa foi executada com base na opiniao dos beneficiarios do Grupo A (Assentados) e B (Agricultores familiares) em duas etapas: (a) preliminar, para o levantamento de crencas e informacoes e (b) principal, para a medicao dessas crencas. Para avaliar a intencao de pagamento, foi empregado o modelo Teorico da Acao Planejada de Ajzen (1991). Com base nesse modelo, a Atitude, a Crenca normativa (componente da norma subjetiva) e a Norma Subjetiva foram, para o Grupo A, as variaveis preditoras que explicaram a Intencao de pagamento de credito. Para o Grupo B, as dimensoes Atitude, Crenca comportamental (componente da atitude), Crenca normativa (componente da norma subjetiva) e a crenca de controle (componente da percepcao de controle) influenciaram a Intencao do pagamento de credito. A Percepcao de contr