Práticas de educação ambiental no distrito de irrigação do perímetro irrigado Várzeas de Sousa – PB.

Abstract

The invisible face of sustainable reality and food security in Brazil, especially for the productive sector, is environmental education. Environmental education should be the first step in instigating critical awareness of environmental issues. Thematic area not explored by the local academy in the Sousa – PB region, environmental concerns moved this research with the objective of knowing about environmental education practices among family farmers within the Irrigated Perimeter Irrigation District Varzeas de Sousa. As for the methodology, this research delineated as exploratory, descriptive and field. It concluded that the environmental matter in the Varzeas de Sousa is at the mercy of the initiative of the small rural producer - although actions related to lectures or courses on the themes related to the environment or environmental education cited. In fact, many institutions could contribute substantially to research and/or the consequent technical extension related to environmental education.