The use of the IBGE dataset allowed for a spatially explicit
description of the situation of family farming for all municipalities
of Brazil. For the general description we present the
regional averages for each indicator, considering the five offi-
cially delimited Brazilian regions (North, North East, Centre
West, South East and South). In Figure 1, the data are presented
for each factor. The proportion of the holdings with
a positive outcome for each of those factors in relation to
the total number of holdings was calculated for every municipality.
The municipalities received a score from 1 to 5 according
to their correspondence quintile (e.g., proportions of 0–
20% are associated to one point, between 20% and less than
40% got two points, etc.).