Multifuncionalidade da mandioca na criação de galinhas caipiras em sistema agroecológico

LOSS, Jéssika Cardoso; GUELBER SALES, Marcia Neves; CASTELUBER, Valerya Oliveira; RIBEIRO, Maíra Formentini; LOURENÇO, Renata Setúbal; SALES, Eduardo Ferreira

Multifunctionality of cassava in the traditional poutlry in agroecological system

Authors

LOSS, Jéssika Cardoso Programa Jovens Valores/ES
GUELBER SALES, Marcia Neves INCAPER
CASTELUBER, Valerya Oliveira PIBIT/FAPES/INCAPER
RIBEIRO, Maíra Formentini INCAPER
LOURENÇO, Renata Setúbal INCAPER
SALES, Eduardo Ferreira INCAPER

Keywords:

food sovereignty, family poultry farming, endogenous knowledge, Manihot esculenta Crantz

Abstract

This paper presents the participatory process of rescue, valorization and innovation of traditional
practices of cassava in the local chickens raising. The methodology followed the action-research
procedures. The importance of cassava as a multifunctional component of poultry farming
systems was evidenced. Among the main functions performed, it is highlighted the living
fence and the diversity of cassava by-products for the birds’ food, allowing their integral use.