ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the content of Brazilian policy instruments that were promoted in the international arenas. It aims to understand to what extent Brazilian politics in the rural sector influenced the production of 'exportable norms'. The chapter looks at the evolution of rural and agricultural policies in Brazil between the 1960s and the 1990s to contextualise the origin of conflicts between the coalitions which later participated in the internationalisation of Brazilian policy instruments. It describes the political context in Brazil during the 2000s, and the third section highlights the mechanisms behind the international projection of Brazil's rural sector coalitions. The economic orientations and modernisation initiatives of the agricultural sector discussed above have led to a dual configuration of Brazilian agrarian structure. The family farming policies have remained focused on a specific type of farmer entrepreneur integrated into the market; these policies have, however, lacked adaptation to the diverse reality of family farming in Brazil.
