RURAL SETTINGS AND ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES: AN ANALYSIS IN TWO DIFFERENTIATED SETTING MODALITIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2595-2536.v26i2p41-55Keywords:
Agroecology, Production groups, Farming systems, Rural settlementsAbstract
This study aimed to evaluate the existence and / or the possibility of adopting ecological farming practices by groups of settlers of the regions Araraquara and Ribeirao Preto. We tried to discuss the prospect of a new paradigm of production, which will replace molds commonly found in family farming, and the possibility of actions expressed in signs aimed at Agroecology. The objective of this study was to characterize, regarding the production, the relationship with natural resources and environmental dimension - discussing, through them, rural development prospects for settlements, in different types of settlement: a PA and PDS. Methodology: numerous field visits were conducted, aiming to better understand the way of life of the settlers of the groups, photographic records and application of fifty questionnaires: thirty one in Bela Vista settlement of Chibarro and nineteen in Sepe Tiaraju settlement.