Transferência de informações em tecnologias apropriadas para pequenos produtores rurais brasileiros

Abstract

Transfer of information of Appropriate Technology (ART) is neglected by literature of Information Science. State borne concepts and practices of capital reproduction in Brazil appear as obstacles to criation and development of AT transfer systems. Government, while ignoring small agriculture producers technical needs, coerce them into a model alien to pre-capitalistic traditions, disregarding AT fundamental tenets and leading existing AT systems into misconceptions. AT is seen as a rescue board for late inexpensive but necessary technology drive, recognized only by Non-Governamental Organizations, a modestly successful sector. Government is found inadequate to transfer AT to empoverished groups as it miscomprehends major points such as Education as an AT, namely, Participative Action Research (PAR), Latin American originary and apt to cause positive impact in conscientized technification. Suggestions are offered as to organize AT transfer systems considering PAR as a determining factor for obtaining productive results Keywords: Holistic agriculture, Participative Action Research.