Manejo agroecológico: o conhecimento de agricultora no interior da Amazônia Brasileira

SOUSA, Sulineide Rocha; SILVA, Maria Brígida da; CHIBA-ALVES Helionora da Silva

Agroecological management: the knowledge of a farmer in the interior of the Amazon

Authors

SOUSA, Sulineide Rocha Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará-Ufopa, Brazil
SILVA, Maria Brígida da Agricultora Familiar membro da Associação de Produtores Orgânicos de Santarém, Brazil
CHIBA-ALVES Helionora da Silva Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - Ufopa, Brazil

Keywords:

Organic Food, Family farming, Woman, Autonomy

Abstract

The main objective of this work was to know the perception and management techniques of an
organic food producer, which resides in the Pimenta branch located at BR 163, in Santarém-
-PA, Brazil. In the property is produced cassava, beans, vegetables, fruit and vegetables, part
of the production is destined for commercialization in the free markets and markets, the rest for
subsistence of the family. The farmer is aware that the mode of cultivation she adopts respects
nature, making her share of the contribution to sustainable development in the Amazon region.