Agricultura urbana : uma estratégia de segurança alimentar e nutricional sustentável em Santa Cruz do Sul - RS.

Abstract

This dissertation aims at analyzing the viability of the implantation of Urban Agriculture (UA) in risk areas in the public spaces of the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul – RS. The analysis of the socioeconomic and secondary data, along with the study of the Master Plan and Plurianual Plan, enabled the elaboration of maps with public spaces of the municipality and maps of socioeconomic risk areas. The diagnosis of the urban reality indicated the public spaces that can be used in an UA program, taking in consideration first the parks, public squares, health units, schools and community equipment. The development of the UA assumes the interaction between the public and civil entities, and is social dynamic, looking for the Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional Sustentável (SANS) - Alimentary and Nutritional Sustainable Security. The UA needs the acknowledgment of the local Public Power and of specific law that regulates it, in order to be adopted as priority, in the search for sustainability. The Municipality, in 2007, created the Conselho Municipal de Segurança Alimentar e Sustentável de Santa Cruz do Sul (COMUSANS) – Municipal Counsel of Alimentary and Nutritional Sustainable Security of Santa Cruz do Sul, which is open to the participation of the community and is the vehicle to the proposals in the thematic debates in the UA. An UA creates employment, income, consummation, local supply of fairs, entities and small businesses, and, consequently, social inclusion. Through the analysis of the existing legislation, there is nothing to impede the implantation of an UA as strategy of SANS. The research shows that the social mobilization through the partnership between public and private sectors in schools, religious institutions, resident associations, can become a way to propitiate the SANS.