Creolo beans production systems in Juruá valley, Acre, Brazilian Amazon.

• Autor(a) principal: MATTAR, E. P. L.
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: OLIVEIRA, E. de, JESUS, J. C. da S. de, ARAÚJO, M. L. de, SIVIERO, A., SANTOS JUNIOR, H. C. dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1055253
• topic: Variedade crioula; Creole seed; Semilla criolla; Agricultura de praia; Beach farming; Sistema de corte e queima; Slash burn system; Agricultura abafada; Stuffy farming; Centro de produção; RESEX Alto Juruá; Projeto de Assentamento Dirigido Santa Luzia; Vale do Juruá (AC); Acre; Amazônia Ocidental; Western Amazon; Amazonia Occidental; Caupi; Cultivo a pequeña escala; Frijoles; Granjas pequeñas; Tecnología de producción; Feijão; Phaseolus vulgaris; Feijão de corda; Vigna unguiculata; Agricultura familiar; Sistema de produção; Beans; Cowpeas; Production technology; Small farms; Small-scale farming

The Juruá valley mesoregion is recognized for its diversity of cultivars of common beans and cowpea and is an important center for on farm bean conservation in Brazil. However, there is little information about production systems of Creoles cultivars and, in this approach, the study aimed to identify the production centers and to gather information about beans production systems. Thirty eight farmers and five merchants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaries. Juruá valley farmers use three beans production systems: "beach farming", "slash burn system" and "stuffy farming". The systems use family labor with low dependence on external inputs, two classified as itinerant. The study identified two beans production centers: Alto Juruá extractive reserve and Santa Luzia directed settlement project.