Terra que nos alimenta nas mãos da agricultura familiar: percepções de uma comunidade rural de Serra Branca - PB.

Abstract

Historically land use for agriculture is the most primary form through which man changes the natural space for food production, but with the modernization of this sector, there has been an accelerated aggression to the natural environment due to the modes of production used by the Green revolution, promoting imbalances, degradation, exclusion, extinction and the compromise of the quality of life of all. The view of the peasants is absolutely relevant to the re-reading of the agricultural and agrarian sector, in this perspective the research aimed to verify the perception of the family farmers of the site Bean in Serra Branca (PB) on the process of agricultural production, care with the land And the valorization of farmers as social actors. We used assumptions of qualitative descriptive research, with the application of semi-structured questionnaires. It has been identified that the way farmers practice farming at the Feijão site is still far from agroecologically based. The results of the research show that farmers surveyed understand the soil as a heritage that must be cared for, but do not adopt conservation practices of soil care, lack technical assistance and rural extension and programmes and projects aimed at soil conservation education to establish new food production systems, because an effective way to alleviate the problems cited by farmers is to disseminate agroecological and conservationist practices, which generate employment and income, environmental conservation and quality of life.