Banca de DEFESA: GHAMBIM JOSÉ LUDWIG

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STUDENT : GHAMBIM JOSÉ LUDWIG
DATE: 10/07/2024
TIME: 08:30
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TITLE:

Assessment of agricultural sustainability in production units undergoing organic conversion in the municipality of São Mateus – ES

KEY WORDS:

Agroecology; Diversification; Food Sovereignty

PAGES: 59
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Agronomia
SUBÁREA: Ciência do Solo
SPECIALTY: Manejo e Conservação do Solo
SUMMARY:

The present study aimed to evaluate the sustainability of agricultural productive activities on family properties located in the municipality of São Mateus, state of Espírito Santo. Using the assessment tool consistent with the IDEA method – Agricultural Farm Sustainability Indicators, developed by Vilain, in France, visits were made to the production units, on which occasions a questionnaire was submitted to the farmers, in order to carry out the data collect. The data collection period took place between October 2023 and March 2024. All families participating in the research are part of OCS Terra Mãe, a social control organization, through which they seek to self-organize to achieve the common objective: Organic certification of its properties. In order to make the Method more sensitive and adapted to the Brazilian agricultural reality, some modifications were made to some of the 41 indicators, which are grouped into 10 components divided into 3 dimensions: agro-environmental, socio-territorial, and economic. It was found that the changes actually improved the applicability of the method in most cases when they were necessary. The results obtained indicated that the biggest obstacles to be overcome by farmers are related to economic issues, measured by the components viability, independence, transmissibility and efficiency, since 6 of the 7 families studied found this dimension to be the limiting factor to sustainability. The exception was unit 1, which was limited by the socio-territorial dimension, reaching a score of 67%. On the other hand, it was evident that the systems present good indices in the agro-environmental dimension, which reaffirms the concern of farmers in taking care of natural resources and biotic and abiotic components of their agroecosystems, highlighting the propensity of farmers to succeed in certifying their productions.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.232.757-** - JOSÉ ANTONIO AZEVEDO ESPINDOLA - EMBRAPA
Interno - ***.960.133-** - EDNALDO DA SILVA ARAÚJO - EMBRAPA
Externo à Instituição - ALBERTO FEIDEN - EMBRAPA