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Agriculture and Technical Cooperation: Nelson Rockefeller and the Work of AIA in Brazil (1946-1961)
Claiton Marcio da Silva
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DOI:10.17265/2159-550X/2012.06.004
Federal University of South Frontier (UFFS), Santa Catarina, Brazil
It aims to analyze the work of American International Association for Economic and Social Development (AIA), a philanthropic agency founded by Nelson Rockefeller, between 1946 and 1961 in Brazil. Aiming to promote better standards of living to the Latin American rural population, AIA is merged in a historical context of increasing US economic and politic influence over Latin America and Brazil, diffusing and adapting US technical assistance programs to local contexts. However, this research developed the idea of an intense process of political negotiation, including resistance from Brazilian political staff. Also, there were many difficulties in adapting these programs to the local context, leading to constant reorganization of the AIA‘s work in Brazil.
Brazil, Extension Service, rural development, technical assistance, rural people
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