Nível de sustentabilidade da produção apícola sob a ótica do município de Aparecida, estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

An extensive area of the Earth's surface is used to carry out agricultural activities, with the objective of producing food, which characterizes it as the main global labor activity. The 2017 Agricultural Census, a survey carried out on more than 5 million rural properties across Brazil, shows that 77% of the country's agricultural establishments were classified as family farming. In this context, it is noteworthy that beekeeping in the aforementioned context provides the development of low investments and low operating costs, based on ecological prudence, social equity and economic efficiency. Therefore, this research project aims to evaluate the level of sustainability of beekeeping production in the Municipality of Aparecida, State of Paraíba. For its development, a bibliographic survey was carried out on the topic under study, followed by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with 21 (twenty-one) producers from Aparecida-Paraíba. Based on this data, the quality of life, social capital and environment indices will be calculated to then calculate the sustainability index and evaluate the level of sustainability. Thus, at the end of this research, the value 0.7244 was found for the level of sustainability, medium level. Therefore, it is essential to develop mitigating measures that will support management, planning and development of public policies.