Rural settlements and ecological practices: an analysis in two different modes of settlement

Authors

  • Antonio Wagner Pereira Lopes Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola, Campinas – SP – Brasil.
  • Maristela Simões do Carmo Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Botucatu – SP – Brasil. Professora adjunta. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas – SP – Brasil.
  • Sonia Maria Pessoa Pereira Bergamasco Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola, Campinas – SP – Brasil.
  • Vera Lucia Silveira Botta Ferrante Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq - Nível 1A. Universidade de Araraquara (Uniara), Araraquara – SP – Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32760/1984-1736/REDD/2017.v9i1.7940

Keywords:

Agroecology, Production groups, Farming systems, Rural settlements,

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the existence and / or the possibility of adopting ecological farming practices by groups of settlers of the region Araraquara and Ribeirao Preto. We tried to discuss the prospect of a new paradigm of production, which will replace molds commonly found in family farming, and the possibility of actions expressed in signs aimed at Agroecology. The objective of this study was to characterize regarding the production, the relationship with natural resources and environmental dimension - discussing, through them, rural development prospects for settlements, in different modes of settlement: a PA and PDS. Methodology: were conducted numerous field visits, aiming to better understand the way of life of the settlers of the groups, photographic records and application of 50 questionnaires - 31 in Bela Vista settlement of Chibarro and 19 in Sepe Tiarajú settlement.

Published

20/01/2017

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