Sustentabilidade em agroecossistemas familiares: uma aplicação do mesmis junto a produtores de hortifrutigranjeiros na microrregião de Sapé - PB.

Abstract

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.