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The agricultural and livestock sector has caused approximately 24% of total greenhouse gas emissions (GEE) in Brazil in 2017. In 2009, the Brazilian administration established sectorial plans for the mitigation of climatic changes. The Agricultural Plan for Low Carbon (ABC) and the ABC Program are responsible for target projections to mitigate climatic changes and financial incentives for their implementation. Current paper investigates whether available credit for this public policy is being used in technological processes with great potential for the mitigation of GEEs. Secondary sources of data on the amount of credit of ABC program and GEE emissions have been researched. The historical series of emissions revealed that, within agricultural activities, enteric fermentation of animals and the use of agricultural soil are the main causes of GEEs, with almost 86% of emissions. Results also demonstrated that, within seven priority areas, one has specially received highest investment rates, or rather, the recovery of degraded pastureland, with approximately 30% of investments. Further, 15% of amounts initially projected by the ABN program have been available and only 9% have been effectively spent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Savings and loan groups were implemented with the support of international NGOs working in Mozambique from the 1990s onwards, however, despite the relative success in rural areas, little attention was paid to this type of savings. In order to analyze its role in the well-being of its members residing in the locality of Macuvulane in the district of Magude. A total of 102 agricultural producers representing an equal number of households (AF) were interviewed, 51 being members of the savings and loan groups (research group) and (51) non-members of the savings and loan groups (control group). The generated data were processed and analyzed using SPSS to compare the socioeconomic characteristics of households that are members of the savings and loan groups and those that are not. Significant differences were observed in terms of ownership of various goods and income, in terms of the quantity of agricultural and animal products, in terms of the ability to sell their products to preferential markets and greater possibility of profit among members. savings and loan groups relative to nonmembers. The study allowed us to conclude that belonging to savings and loan groups contributes to the wellbeing of its members as it facilitates access to credit. Ease of access to credit makes it possible to invest in improving its activities and the ability to sell its products to preferential markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]