Transição agroecológica na agricultura familiar: estudo de caso no município de Ponte Preta/RS

Abstract

This work consists in the discussion of the activities carried out in the Extension Program of Family Agriculture in Agroecological Transition (AFTA) in the period from 10/05/2018 to 07/31/2019. The proposal of the extension programme was to give an introduction to the process of agroecological transition towards sustainable agriculture. In this process, the knowhow of the productive unit's (UP) is known. The proposal of the sketches brings an idealization and perspective of the family about the property at the initial moment and a future planning evidencing the expectation of this interaction with the extension program. Participatory management that framed elements: biological control of pests and diseases; hydraulic ram; terraces and fertilization plan, brought innovations and new ways of doing agriculture. The ecological management workshops that encompassed the community with themes such as Efficient Microorganisms, homeopathies, alternative products and biological treatments, etc., bring a dynamic so that it has alternatives giving the possibility for agroecological transition. The extension work incorporating mutual growth, aggregating and fixing knowledge through the process of exchange of sabers, propitiates advances and improvements in the agricultural activities of the family unit giving perspective for the maintenance of the farmer in the field.