Sistemas agroflorestais no município de Capitão Poço: motivações de implementação na comunidade do Barro Vermelho.

Abstract

Agroforestry Systems (SAFs) are conventional agricultural and land use practices that have existed for more than 200 years, but are still fairly used by family farmers. However, they are systems of great economic, social and environmental importance. The purpose of the study was to identify the motivations for the implementation of SAFs by family farmers in the community of BarroVermelho, located in the municipality of CapitãoPoço, in the northeast of Paraense. In addition to specifically objectifying the understanding of the productive characteristics of the property, to analyze the socioeconomics of the SAFs and to identify the elements that influence in the decision making for the adoption of the Agroforestry Systems. Methodological procedures included informal conversations, semi-structured interviews with objective and subjective questions, visits to production systems and photographic records. The farmers interviewed show that they are very persistent, are producers with similar aims and adopt SAFs with the certainty of producing quality food, developing in their system sustainability, being concerned with the environment and with biodiversity. Taking into account the factors that counteract the continuous development of activities carried out by the SAFs, there is a lack of relevant projects aimed at supporting farmers, the lack of investments by public policies in this area, the insufficiency of professionals in this context, but that, nevertheless, there are farmers as shown in the research, with extraordinary interests that aim at a civilized economic development, that care for the preservation of the environment and that care about healthy eating both by demanded as for the secondary consumers .