"AGROBIODIVERSITY IN THE SEMIARID: THE PEASANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF FOOD SYSTEMS"
agroecology, territorial development, indicators, lume method
The modernization of agriculture has impacted rural development in Brazil, especially the techniques and technologies employed, resulting in unequal socioeconomic realities in rural areas. In contrast to this reality, a process of peasant resistance is underway, which proposes public policies that reduce inequalities, that seek the conservation of agro-ecosystems, and that guarantee the diversity of the food systems of local populations. And coexistence with the semi-arid region may present ways to face the historical problems of development, as well as point the way to innovations and social technologies adapted to local realities. In this work we intend to analyze 20 family production units in the municipality of Poço Verde - SE, Brazilian semiarid region, from an economic-ecological point of view, using quantitative and qualitative parameters and criteria regarding the management carried out by them. The objective is to identify practices that promote territorial development with agroecological principles. For this, it is proposed the Method of Economic-Ecological Analysis of Agroecosystems (LUME) to identify and evaluate the interrelationships between the different components of the agroecosystem in addition to dialogue and propose, together with the farmers involved, about the main vulnerabilities and potentialities of the agroecosystems analyzed for living with the semi-arid. As a final product of this study, we intend to produce videos for dissemination on the internet, which present the strategies of the families for living with the semi-arid, in the face of climate change and the modernization of agriculture.