Family Farming: an institutional visibility strategy for Traditional Peoples and Communities
The Technical Note addresses how Traditional Peoples and Communities (PCTs) have used the category of family farming as a strategy to access public policies, given their persistent institutional invisibility. While this classification facilitates inclusion in programs such as PRONAF, it can imply identity renunciations. Data from Tô No Mapa indicate that more than 50% of communities that identify as family farmers also belong to segments of PCTs, highlighting an overlap that functions as a "refuge" for accessing public policies. The document warns of the risk of cultural erasure and argues that this classification should be temporary, until specific policies are in place that recognize the ways of life, territories, and knowledge of these peoples. In this context, family farming is less a destination and more a bridge to the institutional autonomy of PCTs.
