Agroecologia no município de Mauriti- Ceará: experiências dos agricultores familiares na implantação do sistema mandala

Abstract

Amid the expansion of capitalism processes in the field, the high concentration of land and production activities related to agribusiness, came the curiosity to pursue the study of spatial area that focuses on the city of Mauriti-Ce, from a discussion focused on the experiences developed in this municipality, by farmers who work with agroecological agriculture in the mandala system seeking to understand their social, economic and cultural development. Who has the ability to use the potential of the local agro-ecological production, valuing the traditional habits of the region, enabling social inclusion of family farmers, providing higher quality in agro-ecological products consumed in food, as well as preserving the diversity, respect the local culture and also permit the implementation of new markets for family farmers. In this context, said work has as main objective to analyze agroecological experiences in the city of Mauriti / EC, especially the organic system of the Mandalas. From the analysis of the epistemological foundations of organic agriculture, identify the experiences of farmers on organic farming, understanding the management of mandalas, realize technical assistance processes, diagnose experiences practices of organic agriculture and agroecology in the city, to understand agroecological experiences that occurred in the municipality of Mauriti-Ce, between the period 2008 to July 2016. The methodology is based on the work of Demo in 2002, is of great importance the basis of theoretical frameworks related to agroecology, the mandalas and to organic production systems. Conceptions also subjective conceptions and practices carried out by social actors surveyed, enable the understanding of the local reality from the method of participatory research with farmers working in the system in the municipality of Mauriti-Ce, with the use of questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews and informal conversations. After tabulating the data collected in the questionnaires, there was the aggregation through the analysis of primary and secondary elements in the incorporation of the information provided by farmers. With the deployment of the system, it was possible to observe social and economic benefits, such as the supply of safe food, quality and value in Mauriti municipality in the state of Ceará. It was also identified that the period analyzed the system did not succeed to all producers or communities due to factors such as the lack of technical assistance, demotivation of some producers, lack of participation in associations, although much be relevance of public policies for society and the economy, while not yet efficient to meet homogeneously throughout the public focus. It was identified that the mandala system Mauriti-Ce is a sustainable model of production that provides positive benefits to the economy. Thus, in the municipalities, especially small as is the case of the municipality studied, agriculture is of great importance not only for the economy, society and sustainable local development, but also for culture.