ALVES, A.P.; ALVES, Ana Paula.
Resumen:
In the current organizational context, it is noticeable the urgency in adopting new ways
of working and relationships with its various stakeholders, in view of the serious social
and environmental impacts over time arising from the relationship of production and
consumption. In this case, sustainable development is presented as a solution to mitigate
these problems, and contribute to the continuation of an important activity, agriculture,
thereby cooperating to achieve the sustainability of society as a whole. In this context,
this work aims to analyze the level of sustainability of agro-ecosystems family who
cultivate fruits and vegetables in Sapé, Paraiba, Brazil, in view of Marco Assessment
Management Systems incorporating Sustainability Indicators (MESMIS). This research
is classified as descriptive and exploratory and were used as research techniques the
literature and the field of research, data collection was made through semi-structured
interviews following a semi-structured interview with the 8 producers, yet it was
profited from the direct observation in the properties of these producers. From this, it
was possible to identify 15 local indicators and assess the level of sustainability
dimensions: economic, social and environmental, of two groups of family agroecosystems, farming the fruits and vegetables in the city of Sape - PB. Data analysis
was given from the data triangulation technique. The results showed family group
adopting agroecological practices show a better level if sustainability both when
individually analyzed each dimension, the weighted three dimensions. Have the group
adopts conventional practices showed lower results in all three dimensions when
compared to the first group, thus presenting the lowest level of overall sustainability.
We can conclude that the group adopts agroecological practices, contributes more to the
sustainability fruits and vegetables cultivation, than the group that adopts conventional
practices.
