Diagnóstico socioambiental e tecnológico da carcinicultura no município de Fortim, Ceará, Brasil

Abstract

This article analyzes the sustainability of the carciniculture in the city of fortim, Ceará. its aims are to perform a diagnosis of the activity in the region, to characterize the infra-structure of the farms, and to analyze the main impacto generated by this kind of agribusiness, taking into account techological, social and environmental aspecto. The fiel dwork comprised visits to the farms and direct interviews with their owners or managers, during the months between April and August of 2005, where questionnaires with open and semi-structured questions were applied. The results indicate that, despite the existence of some initiatives which demonstrate that the sector is starting to worry about environmental issues the actions undertaken by its main associations have not yet been able to eff ectively promote changes in the conduct of the individual farms.