Family farming and conservation strategies in the community of Novo Remanso: Family, work and knowledge

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Hanna Paula Negreiros de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Rezende, Marília Gabriela Gondim
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/67538
• topic: Amazônia, agricultor familiar, Novo Remanso, Questões ambientais.

In the history of the Amazon, there have been different forms of intervention in the development of the region and, consequently, in the model of agriculture. Such interventions occurred mainly through development strategies for the Amazon, according to the dynamics of the national scenario. This work aims to understand the conservation strategies used by farmers in Novo Remanso. From the methodological point of view, it is presented in a qualitative and quantitative way with an exploratory and descriptive purpose, of a basic nature. Therefore, in order to provide good development, a vast bibliographical, documental and field survey was carried out and the Migration Map was used as a methodological tool. In addition, forms with objective semi-structured questions were applied to 60 farmers residing in the study area. The results indicate that family farming in the community of Novo Remanso follows the traditional patterns of land use in the region, exploring the available resources to guarantee its self-sufficiency through diversified agricultural production and maintaining the diversity of species in the plantations. It is feasible in the speech of some of the interviewed farmers to nature as an element of concern, the results elucidate for an environmental perception of the family farmer close to the concept of a naturalistic perception of the environment. In this context, the study of conservation strategies in family farming should not be an isolated factor, but linked to several other factors that determine, in an integrated way, actions that lead to improvements in the living conditions of farmers, product quality and natural resources.