Researchers and Farmers in the search for scientific answers and their effect on the paradigm shift

Abstract

The Extension Project, “Techniques for collecting insects ‘pests and predators’ with the use of
‘Malaise Trap’ in family farming crops” aims to train professionals and farmers to build agroecological
knowledge. The initiative of the Postgraduate Program in Entomology and Conservation
of Biodiversity - PPGECB / UFGD was developed in the municipality of Colider - MT. Within a
period of 06 months, 10 farming families and 12 trainees will participate actively in the study
about the distance effects between cropping systems and forest fragments and it’s interference
on the richness of pests and natural enemies. The results suggest a paradigm shift established
on the requirement use of chemical insecticides to pest control.