Microdiagnóstico das áreas rurais de interesse econômico e assentamentos da barragem do Castanhão no Estado do Ceará

Abstract

This study aims to investigate advantages and disadvantages faced by the producers regarding the barriers concerning the social organization, the difficulties of exercising the irrigated agriculture by the producers, the main reasons of not expanding the cultivated lands, and the future tendencies of the producers located at the irrigation district and settlements surrounding the Castanhão dam, at Jaguaribe Valle, in the State of Ceará. The data was obtained thorough out direct survey gathered by questionnaire application. It was applied the descriptive method to analyze and discuss the results after calculating the frequencies, tables and other selected statistical information. The main problems pointed by the producers of the irrigation district are the lack of operational capital, following the lack of specialized workers, credit, machineries and equipments. For the settlements, the main problems are the lack of operational capital, machineries and equipments, specialized workers, credit and water, among others. It can be verified that the production factors are scarce and the producers carry out subsistence activities using low level of technology. The majority of the settlements in the dry areas of the dam’s surrounding did not see live standard improvements accrued from the construction of the dam.