Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)

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Autor(a) principal: Cavallini,M. M.
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Nordi,N.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Biology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842005000100009
Resumo: The concept of ecological niche, considered by the food dimension point of view, was used to characterize a small farmers community from the south of Minas Gerais State (Brazil). Ten small farmer families and 76 different meals eaten by them were evaluated in this study, during three different periods: September 1995 (end of the dry season), December 1995 (rainy season) and April 1996 (end of the rainy season). The analysed community appeared to depend markedly on certain food items showing little seasonal variation in their diet and appeared also to be self-sufficient in food supply, with satisfactory nutritional status. The food niche breadth for the studied small farmer families was always below 50%, with high seasonal overlap of the food niche, around 72% to 80%. The results are discussed based on social-cultural, economical and agrarian context.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
title Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
spellingShingle Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
Cavallini,M. M.
food energy
ecological niche
food dimension niche
small farmer families
title_short Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
title_full Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
title_fullStr Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
title_full_unstemmed Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
title_sort Ecological niche of family farmers in southern Minas Gerais state (Brazil)
author Cavallini,M. M.
author_facet Cavallini,M. M.
Nordi,N.
author_role author
author2 Nordi,N.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cavallini,M. M.
Nordi,N.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv food energy
ecological niche
food dimension niche
small farmer families
topic food energy
ecological niche
food dimension niche
small farmer families
description The concept of ecological niche, considered by the food dimension point of view, was used to characterize a small farmers community from the south of Minas Gerais State (Brazil). Ten small farmer families and 76 different meals eaten by them were evaluated in this study, during three different periods: September 1995 (end of the dry season), December 1995 (rainy season) and April 1996 (end of the rainy season). The analysed community appeared to depend markedly on certain food items showing little seasonal variation in their diet and appeared also to be self-sufficient in food supply, with satisfactory nutritional status. The food niche breadth for the studied small farmer families was always below 50%, with high seasonal overlap of the food niche, around 72% to 80%. The results are discussed based on social-cultural, economical and agrarian context.
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