O uso do solo no Sítio Cocos: da agricultura tradicional às novas modalidades.

Abstract

Soil is established as one of the most important resources for the development of agriculture. Through it, man can produce according to his current and possibly future needs, through activities that bring his own profitable benefits. This work has as emphasis, to expose the changes occurred in the occupation and agricultural use of the soil in the Sítio Cocos community, Cajazeiras - PB. Having as main objective the description of the old ones and identification of the new land use modalities that occurred from 2015 to August 2017. Thus, this research, in an organized way, portrays the different ways of land use and activities developed during the period. time. In this work, we used the descriptive and exploratory method, involving bibliographic, cartographic, photographic and statistical survey along with field research. Through the observed results it was possible to identify the changes that occurred in the land use in the studied period, these modifications brought additional increases in the family income and improvements for the community that obtains products in the door of its residence without the need to move to the urban area. .