Networking Associativism

an experience of practices for Food Sovereignty and Security in the Northeast of Para - Amazônia - Brazil

Abstract

This article aims to present and analyze the trajectory of associative initiatives in Solidarity Economy Networking, carried out by groups coming from Base Ecclesial Communities - CEBs in the Bragantina zone, PA, Amazonia, and its interface with Agroecology, via Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security. They are initiatives in partnerships with social groups and institutional actors, in the use of regional Amazonian plants, for Food and Nutrition Security. The work was initiated in Santarém, PA in the 1980s by the NGO SEARA and has continued through a team of volunteers from various institutions and profiles, through propositional agendas and practical actions, debating with society issues of Food and Nutritional Sovereignty Security. Agroecology has contributed to this reflection and resistance to the challenges posed by the advance of the capitalist agrifood system, which demands the strengthening of producer - consumer relations towards sustainability