Table 2
Brazilian government expenditures in farm programs by administration and function.a

 Average annual expenditures with agricultural policies Agriculture/total (A/C) Agrarian organization/total (B/C) (A+B)/Total government expenditures
Period Agriculture (A) Agrarian organization (B) Total (C)
Sarney
1985-1989		 19,549 1,330 20,879 94% 6% 5.6%
Collor-Itamar
1990-1994		 17,510 1,229 18,739 93% 7% 2.8%
Cardoso 1
1995-1998		 15,273 3,342 18,615 82% 18% 3.4%
Cardoso 2
1999-2002		 8,712 3,290 12,002 73% 27% 2.0%
Lula
2003-2005		 5,901 4,809 10,710 55% 45% 1.8%
a Expenditures are measured in R$ millions corrected for inflation by IGP-DI (base year is 2005). Agrarian Organization expenditures include family farm programs.
Source: Ministry of Finance (2005). Elaboration: Gasques (2004) and ICONE.