Agroflorestas no contexto do sistema agrário colonial na região do Vale do Rio Pardo - RS.

Abstract

This dissertation is a study of the socio-economic aspects linked to the life dynamics of farmers working with Agroforestry Systems in the municipalities of Rio Pardo, Santa Cruz do Sul, Sinimbu, Vale do Sol and Venâncio Aires, in the Vale do Rio Pardo region, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The presence of the Colonial Agrarian System in this region is characterized by family farming on small properties, with the use of family labour, whose production is intended for family subsistence and the production of goods for sale. With the predominance of tobacco cultivation in the region, understood as conventional agriculture, agroecological farmers are looking for agricultural alternatives through cultivation in agroforestry systems. To understand this reality, we used the theory of Ecodevelopment, developed by Ignacy Sachs, which seeks to discuss the harmonization of the social and economic objectives of development with ecologically prudent management of the environment. The aim of the study was to analyze and understand the viability of agroforestry initiatives in promoting socio-economically and environmentally sustainable family farming in the context of the Colonial Agrarian System in the Rio Pardo Valley region. In addition to mapping 17 agroforestry initiatives in this territory, we identified consolidated and vigorous initiatives, in which agricultural work linked to greater environmental awareness goes from a possibility to a reality.