A prática da extensão rural no município de Araguaína: compreendendo o trabalho da ruraltins frente ao desenvolvimento local sustentável.

Abstract

This article aims to verify the role of Ruraltins, especially in the Araguaína region, in local development using Sachs (2002) conceptions about Sustainable Development as an analytical category. The questioning guiding the work was: In what way do public institutions, in the case of this work, Ruraltins, act in the promotion of development in the region that covers the city of Araguaína-To? What is the relationship between rural extension and development strategies? To answer such questions begins with a brief history about Rural Extension in Brazil. In the sequence it presents aspects of Ruraltins in the State of Tocantins and in the municipality of Araguaína, its way of accompanying each family in the rural sector, understanding each step in this brief analysis. The methodology used was interviews with representatives of Ruraltins and also consult the official pages of Government entities. In observing Sachs's (2002) conception of development, it can be observed that the institution's performance permeates the eight dimensions described, Environmental, Economic, Social, Cultural, Territorial, Psychological, National Policy and International Politics.