A model proposal for the technical assistance and rural extension service execution in Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis study presents a proposal for a model for execution of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (TARE) services in Brazil, presenting a flow of actions through methodological tools. For this purpose, the study used a mixed methodological approach, that is, it used the principles of data triangulation, which comprised a survey of qualitative primary data and secondary quantitative data to prove the evidence. In other words, this study raised, from semi-structured interviews with specialists in the execution of TARE, the main methodological tools used in the execution of that service. Based on the terms most frequently cited by the interviewees, a search syntax developed to carry out a systematic review of the literature to theoretically prove the tools raised. As a result of the verification, it was possible to identify a model based on six main TARE execution tools: awareness, diagnosis, individual service, collective service, reference unit and program. This article has as its main contribution the offer of a model validated in the literature. Proposes to standardize a model for the design of TARE notices, and execution plans to contribute with the maximum efficiency in offering the service to the beneficiaries.