AGROECOLOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN THE Sierras AND BREJOS OF THE CAPIBARIBE: the case of the brejo de exposição in Brejo da Madre de Deus- PE
Agroecology, participatory Digital ATER, landscape conservation
The humid high-altitude are region sub-units that occur in the Brazilian semi-arid region and present themselves as “islands of humidity” in the Caatingas domain. The factors that make these areas possible are: exposure to wet advective trade winds and altitude. The swamp landscapes are being converted into agricultural areas, causing degradation and loss of local biodiversity. In this context, Agroecology, based on its principles, can favor processes of agroecological transition to ecologically based agriculture, in the search for sustainable use of natural resources and conservation of landscapes. Thus, the objective of the investigation is to analyze on the agroecological transition processes in the municipality of Brejo da Madre de Deus, located in the Agreste Central of Pernambuco. The “locus” of the research will be the exposition marsh of this municipality. This area encompasses about 7% of this territory, representing 50 km², and is located in an Environmental Protection Area - APA called Serras e Brejos do Capibaribe, where small properties predominate in which farming families carry out their agricultural activities. The investigation will take place through research using participatory methodology, called Peasant to Peasant, very widespread in Latin America especially in Cuba, where it acquired a dimension of movement. As expected results, there will be the scientific production of a thesis and at least one article on the main theme of this project; to enable family farmers to carry out a horizontal ATER process, based on the exchange of agroecological knowledge; in addition to the construction of an application for mobile devices with information about the entire process used in the use of the CaC methodology.