Percepção de agricultores familiares sobre o manejo do solo.

Abstract

Soil is the natural resource for complex, dybanic, excellence, finit, responsible for numerous functions for maintaining life. Know it on their needs and capabilities is essential for it’s use happen in a sustainable form. And knowing the understanding of rural peoples, from an ethnopedological perspective, is essential. This study aimed to analyze the pedologic and environmental awareness of farmers of Rural Communities Tigre, Santa Rosa, Riacho da Roça, Angico Torto, Maracajá, Terra Vermelha, (Sumé-PB), in relation to conservation tillage practices. A questionnaire with 15 semi-structured questions, which dealt with the understanding of soil quality, conservation practices were applied. Attitudes and perceptions of farmers regarding designations for good soil and bad soil and for the adoption of conservation practices were analyzed. The results show that farmers bring own concepts of soils, which mainly refer to visual and tactile understanding, but are unaware of simple practices to maintain the health of the soil, like compost. Is a real need for support from the technical advisory bodies to disseminate technologies and social practices of soil conservation, and point to the need to be implemented research activities and university extension, where it is possible to interact with these social actors to avoid environmental degradation in the areas visited, besides introducing the alternative communities and environmentally sustainable economic activities, enabling residents to develop them.