Assentamento rural agroecológico: um caminho possível para a reprodução socioeconômica da agricultura familiar

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to understand the difficulties and potentialities of the strategies and experiences of family farmers in the Chico Mendes III settlement, as well as to verify the changes that occurred Production units of the farmers involved. Since 2009, these farmers have been accompanied by the Núcleo de Agroecologia e Campesinato (NAC) of Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), which started a research project with the purpose of assisting the agroecological transition process in the settlement through diagnostics, Meetings, capacities, exchanges, agroecological experimentation units etc. Through visits to the farmers of Chico Mendes III for direct observation of the routine of the production works developed there, and of interviews directed to key information sources and to the representatives of each settled family, it was possible to verify the main factors that motivated the involvement Experience of this nature, as well as the transformations identified in their productive areas.