Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: ROSEANE SANTOS DE JESUS

ANALYSIS OF AGROFORESTS AND THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE "ALTO SERTÃO" OF SERGIPE

Familiar agriculture, Soil Degradation, Characterization, and environmental indicators.

 In the Sertão of Sergipe, dairy cattle farming leads agricultural activities and is grounded in the monoculture model of grasses, established following the deforestation of the Caatinga biome. Consequently, research and studies on the semiarid region and agribusiness in the state of Sergipe have long contributed to the understanding of production systems; There is an urgent need for more ecological agrosystem models that help reverse or mitigate socioeconomic and environmental problems, such as soil degradation. In this context, agroforestry systems are characterized as production systems adopted by family farmers who follow agroecological principles, encompassing complex proposals through participatory strategies (PALUDO AND COSTABEBER, 2012). This research adopts a qualitative approach, based on case studies, bibliographic, and documentary research. The case study is a traditional and highly effective tool for resolving qualitative research problems (GOMES NETO et al., 2024). The methodological approach will involve active participation of farmers, including visits, meetings/workshops, and the construction of a questionnaire containing questions to characterization and analyze agroforestry systems regarding their environmental, economic, and social impacts. The objective of this project is to perform a socioeconomic and environmental characterization of agroforestry family farm properties and analyze their impacts across these three dimensions in the municipalities of Poço Redondo, Gararu, and Canindé de São Francisco. Therefore, it is expected that the results will present an analysis of the reality of the studied agroforestry systems using participatory methodology to characterize these productive units and matrix of socioeconomic and environmental indicators as a response to soil regeneration and/or conservation.