Segurança alimentar em projetos de assentamento de reforma agrária com ênfase ambiental: estudo de caso no Projeto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Virola Jatobá, Transamazônica, Estado do Pará

Abstract

This study intends to understand the food security and environmental issues through the analysis of agricultural practices and forest experiences of farmers, as the food production (for consumption and income) for traditional social groups in the Amazon is an important element for assuring their food assurance. This is because they use the forest and agricultural resources to maintain the family unit. This case study is based on the Sustainable Development Project (PDS) Virola Jatobá, situated in the region of Transamazônica in the municipality of Anapu, State of PA. This form of agrarian reform settlement brings up the emblematic debate connecting environmental, agricultural and forest issues with the possibility to explore legal wood through community forest management. We used the quanti-qualitative method, carrying out data collection through direct and participant observations, interviews

and socioeconomic questionnaire. By using them, we could understand the social- productive transformations occurred along the life trajectory of the settlers. The research results point out practices of change on food security due to environmental rules on the traditional systems of production.