Dialogando sobre solos e Agroecologia: a experiência do Programa de Ações Sustentáveis para o Cariri – PASCAR.

Abstract

Develop activities to socialize information about Soil and Agroecology, Food Security and Living with the Semi-Arid is key to promoting social and environmental sustainability in the field. Presents the program Sustainable Actions for Cariri - PASCAR, developed at the extension campus in UFCG Sumé, Cariri, whose goal is to dialogue with farmers and students about the need to know the soil and establish harmonious relationships with the natural resources and the various forms of life, from the following guiding principles: Soil Education, Nurseries Educational and Agroecological Transition. The actions are performed in prose wheels, educational lectures, living spaces, programs on radio, visits to gardens, reception and educational workshops. Throughout his lifetime became already present in 15 municipalities in the Western Cariri, an educational proposal and civic education. Practical activities show up as extremely important, to stimulate engagement with environmental issues and pleasant spontaneously and living with farmers emerges as a concrete experience of exchanging knowledge and practices, in addition to being in space valuation capabilities. The following PASCAR expanding their shares to a new worldview, centered on solidarity, affection and respect for the earth, the valuation of the agricultural population and to stimulate food production on a sustainable basis.