Construção do sistema agroflorestal doceiro: desenvolvimento territorial através da agroecologia e do patrimônio cultural imaterial

Abstract

This study aimed to produce knowledge about the Grupo Sistema Agroflorestal Doceiro (SAF Doceiro), formed by farmers, technicians, researchers and agents of the SMDRTur de Morro Redondo, since there are few studies in this relation of sustainable agriculture and the preservation of cultural heritage. In view of the need for changes in conventional agricultural production, agroforestry systems, an aspect of agroecology, seek to confer autonomy, simultaneous cultivation, improvement in soil quality and economic return. With this, SAF Doceiro intends to safeguard the region's sweet tradition, recognized nationally by IPHAN, as an intangible cultural heritage, from fruits produced in agroecological ways, in agroforestry systems. In this sense, the study aimed to analyze the SAF Doceiro Group from the main aspects of participation and belonging to the Group. Participating observations were made during the Group's meetings and interviews were conducted with selected participants. For data analysis, content analysis was carried out, with field notes, from the participant observations and the interview transcripts. From this analysis, codes were extracted that originated categories, subcategories and themes, in which they are Territorial Development, Ecological Aspects and Sweet Tradition. The majority of farmers belong to the Group, among other factors, to learn about SAF and exchange knowledge, which refer to the theme Territorial Development. On the other hand, reports on the sweet tradition were scarcer among farmers and more prevalent among representatives of the institutions. In addition, the research showed that the aspects of belonging to the Group reported by the members in the interviews, are being attended to by the actions of the SAF Doceiro Group. Therefore, for the most of farmers, the Group has the function of learning, relating, exchanging seedlings, in addition to ecological aspects, mainly to mitigate drought periods. The insertion of new farmers, owners of the sweet know-how, as well as the disclosure of the Group, must be among the incentives of the public power, in addition to technical assistance in all stages for the production and commercialization of the agroforestry product.