Análise sócio-econômica da prática da agricultura urbana no município de Patos/PB: um estudo descritivo.

Abstract

This study aimed to examine practices of urban agriculture in the city of Patos-PB, relating with the model of place urban development. Specifically intended identify the neighborhoods where occur the practices of agriculture; lists as much the techniques to create and management of small animals, how the production, management and cultivation of medicinal plants; analyze the viability the deployment of production systems the urban agriculture and peri-urban for advance quality the family diet, marketing of excess and fortification of processes collective in communities, get the characteristics most relevant of urban producers, know the motivations to practice of urban agriculture; identify problems related the performance the action related to nutritive safety. To meet data necessary for the analysis, were interviewed ten dwellers, of which seven said have a monthly income less than that one salary and three above, corresponding to 70% and 30%. Can be ascertain some difficulty to completion of interviews, because many are settlers of land. There was still, the lack of support that idealizers has of prefecture, mainly the point of view technical. It is concluded, therefore, that the practice of urban agriculture in the city Patos still is quite incipient.