Contribuição da agricultura urbana e periurbana ao desenvolvimento local do município de Marituba - Pará

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyse the contribution of the urban and peri-urban agriculture in the local development of the municipality of Marituba-PA. Thus, the methodology presented a qualitative and quantitative character based on visits to agricultural parcels (direct observation), meetings with farmers and semi-structured interviews. Then, we used GPS map 62s and drone phantom 4 for location of agricultural areas and aerial photography. In summary, the results of our theoretical discussion on the concepts of Territory, Territoriality and Power allows us to conclude that there are all related to geography and respect human spatiality and also present in other areas of knowledge, each with a focus on a certain perspective. Likewise, he started the two circuits of the urban economy: the inferior circuit as the superior circuit do not articulate in the same way because there are different. The two circuits complete each other while remaining different from each other. Certainly, the results obtained demonstrate that urban and peri-urban agriculture contribute significantly to food security and income generation, as well as the local development of the Uriboca neighborhood. In addition, farmers are mostly people with low education and agriculture and their main activity. Therefore, decision-makers should develop public policies that will encourage this activity to generate more profits for the weel-being of Marituba residents.