Diagnosis production agroecology of Municipality Areia - PB
Titel:
Diagnosis production agroecology of Municipality Areia - PB
Auteur:
Maria Betânia de Lima Jacinto de Luna Batista Carlos Henrique de Brito Edson Batista Lopes
Verschenen in:
Engenharia ambiental
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (2009) nr. 2 pagina's 251-263
Jaar:
2009
Inhoud:
The concept of agroecology is on the concept of sustainable development whose primary objective is combining economic development with environmental conservation, being able to meet the needs of the current generation without depleting resources for the future. The municipality of Areia - PB has always had its economic development in footwear production and its derivatives, is known as "Land of rum and Rapadura”, two icons of the agricultural economy of Areia. Presents favorable conditions of climate, soil and topography in order to enable the coexistence of diverse cultures and its variations, however, local farmers only cultivate crops as banana, cassava, maize, beans and sugar-cane. This work aimed to evaluate the profile of the producer and the production of the municipality of Areia - PB, via a questionnaire applied to five associations of farmers and producer's fair, where you can see that the majority of producers are illiterate or just read or write, characteristic of small areas have on average 1 to 3 ha; occurs traditional cultivation of maize, beans and cassava, banana, and grown on a smaller scale are found orange, sugar-cane, sweet potatoes and vegetables, production is characteristic of subsistence.Key-words: agroecology, sustainable development, food security.
Uitgever:
Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL (provided by DOAJ)