Diversidade e estilos de agricultura: uma análise a partir de dois assentamentos, induzido e tradicional, no Estado do Amapá

Abstract

There is a duality in agricultural settlements of the State of Amapá. On one side are seated with little or no tradition in agriculture, allocated by public agencies in areas of native forests distant regional centers of consumers. Are the settlements induced by social demands. On the other side are the traditional family farmers, whose families live in areas colonized since the colonial period. Here, the actions of INCRA is summarized demarcating land already occupied. The land use in the induced settlements follows the current model in the rest of the state. After the extraction of timber and firewood production, the remains are burned. Follow the "fields" of cassava, economic base of all properties. The research problem is presented as a need to identify and understand the social and environmental phenomena associated with poor socioeconomic development of induced settlers, whose main symptom is severe impoverishment and subsequent evasion of lots. The reference point of this analysis are the family farmers of induced rural settlements in the State of Amapá, their agricultural practices and their interactions with the environment in which they live, as opposed having the traditional settlements of the State of Amapá. Tacit knowledge acquired and improved over successive generations in Traditional Settlements led to the practice of production systems in harmony with the local environment, preventing soil degradation and taking advantage of natural conditions of soil fertilization. The lack of this, coupled with the lack of collective learning experiences, questions the continuity of agriculture induced settlements in the State of Amapá.