O papel da forma??o t?cnica alternativa e da extens?o rural p?blica na constru??o de redes de apoio ? transi??o agroecol?gica e ? produ??o org?nica: um estudo no munic?pio de S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto ? RJ

• Autor(a) principal: Felippe, Eiser Luis da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRRJ
• Texto Completo: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/4423
• topic: Agroecologia; Agricultura org?nica; Pol?tica p?blica; Rede; Agroecology; Organic agriculture; Public policy; Networks; Agronomia

Agricultural landscapes in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro is marked by environmental degradation. Livestock sector is mainly poultry farming, which produces a great amount of organic waste, much more than the environment is capable of decomposing. Agricultural production is focused on olericulture, which uses large quantities of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers without control, which leads not only to soil erosion, soil degradation and contamination but also contamination of surface water. This context can be modified by the adoption of agroecological practices by farmers, that causes less negative impacts on agroecosystems (and that can contribute to environmental recovery). In order to change the current situation and to support the adoption of adequate farming and management practices, it is fundamentally important to provide an alternative training for extension technicians based on agroecology. In the present study, an extra-class alternative training experience is reported, which was carried out by students in the 1970s at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). This resulted in professionals with a holistic view of productive systems and has influenced the execution of an agroecological rural extension in the 1990s in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro state. This rural extension model also helped to create a local network of institutions, farmers and technicians committed to support agroecological transition (and benefited from it), contributing to the significant increase of organic farmers in the region in the 2000s. This growth in organic production favored the creation of the Horta Org?nica Association, in S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto, which helped training farmers and commercializing the production of its associates, reaching the large retail chains of the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niter?i. Although this commercial relationship ended in just a few years due to the misrepresented ethics of how these large chains conduct their negotiations, this experience indirectly contributed to strengthen short circuits of commercialization. The dissertation also shows how these events unfolded in the development of new incentive networks for organic agriculture in the second decade of the 21st century, which were responsible for a further increase in the number of certified farmers and, therefore, influenced the adoption of agroecology as a guideline for local, state and federal public policies