Access to rural credit in Brazil continues to be marked by structural inequalities that should take center stage in discussions for the 2026/2027 Crop Plan. Recent surveys indicate that up to 40% of family farmers, especially indigenous peoples and traditional communities, face difficulties accessing financing due to lack of documentation and bureaucratic barriers. Although it is the main public financing policy for the sector, the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture still shows strong regional and productive concentration. In practice, producers linked to the sociobioeconomy — such as extractors, artisanal fishermen, and agroforestry systems — encounter more obstacles to accessing credit, especially in remote regions of the North and Northeast. Among the main barriers are: This scenario ends up excluding a significant portion of producers who operate in sustainable and low environmental impact systems. The Family Farming Registry is an essential requirement to ...