Promotion of Agriculture and Agroecological Innovation in Maricá-RJ/Brazil, from the Implementation of the Biodiversity Garden
Biodiversity Garden; Innovation; Agroecology.
Maricá, located in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, has been strongly targeting its public policy proposals for sustainable development associated with the production of safe food to supply its schools, popular restaurants, hospitals, as well as markets in surrounding municipalities, in a prospect of income generation after oil royalties. In this direction, at the end of 2020, the INOVA AGROECOLOGIA MARICÁ project was celebrated, financed by CODEMAR and technical execution of teams from UFRRJ for the implementation of agroecological experimental units, production plots and structuring of a model farm for the development of techniques and technologies aimed at agroecologically based production. It is in this context that the present dissertation will be developed, from the planning and actions for the implantation of the Biodiversity Garden, in which it foresees the systematization of georeferenced lands, systematization of drainage, water reservoir for irrigation, implantation of agroecological crops to serve as a showcase of polycultures, rural extension activities, field days, but above all propagation material intended for the donation of propagules, seedlings and seeds to farmers linked to the project. Among the expected results, maps, germplasm catalogs, good practices booklets, production systems manuals, cultivars descriptors will be produced, as well as the production of media for the dissemination of techniques and innovations for the agroecological transition and organic production.