Polos agroflorestais de Rio Branco: modos de vida e segurança alimentar

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the ways of life of a group of family farmers and to seek to highlight women’s and young people’s role in the process of social construction. This group is the beneficiary of a public policy called agroforestry poles. It is a rural settlement project developed within the scope of the municipal and state public administratio The field research was performed in three agroforestry polesin Rio Branco that have different characteristics. The field notebook was the data collection instrument used to record farmers' reports. This study shows that the group has a common social identity, the individuals are of rural origin and lived in precarious living conditions, but, in general, the possession of land plot provided an improvement in their quality of life.