Agricultura familiar no assentamento de reforma agrária bom lugar I no município de Upanema/RN: uso do território, desenvolvimento sustentável e convivência com o Semiárido

Abstract

Family farming is considered an activity in which family farmers carry out productive activities within the ownership together with family members. This work aims to perform diagnosis of this activity in the Settlement of Agrarian Reform Bom Lugar I, located in the town of Upanema/RN, identifying the challenges and possibilities of farmers in this activity and the relations with sustainable development and coexistence with the semi-arid region. The research was carried out as follows: in the first moment, we used the bibliographic research and, in the second moment, we used the data collection instrument known as semi-structured interview, used throughout the field research. Family farming existing at Bom Lugar I Settlement, expresses its contribution to the production of food, as well as a set of elements that are presented throughout this work, explaining the reality found about the socio-spatial conditions of farmers inserted in the geographical space of the referred settlement, highlighting its relevance to the permanence of farmers through the relationship with sustainable development and living with the semiarid region. In view of the research, it was also possible to identify a set of techniques implemented by family farmers for the storage of food produced in family farming, which are directly connected with an ecological link between the farmer and the environment, as it is perceived the need to develop mechanisms that enable a better performance of farmers with the notions of sustainable development, specifically framed within the production process of the food developed in the referred settlement. As well as, the need to implement public policies based on technical assistance, linked to sustainable development and coexistence with the semiarid in strengthening of family farming.