Socio-productive aspects of cassava cultivation

ISBN-13: 9786206275534 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str.

Geineses Nonata P. Hernestro

Opis

The study consists of characterising the socioeconomic aspects of cassava production systems in the district of Boa Esperança, located in the municipality of Santarém-Pará. The field research was conducted from May 2016 to March 2017 with farmers who grow cassava. Data were collected through interviews guided by a semi-structured questionnaire with open and closed questions on the socioeconomic aspects of agricultural establishments and on the agricultural practices developed in the cultivation of cassava. The results show that the farmers interviewed have an average age of 44 years, about schooling, 40% of respondents have incomplete primary education, and the family income comes from the sale of agricultural products. The main varieties of cassava grown by the interviewees are Bem-te-vi, Amarelona, Olho-de-boto, Pretinha, Pretona, Piraíba and Boiuna, whose manioc seeds come from the field itself, from exchanges between neighbours and with producers from other communities and from donations made by extension workers and researchers.

O autorze

Bachelor in Agronomy from the Federal University of Western Pará, PIBEX Fellow with work in the area of strengthening the pedagogy of Alternation in the Community School Rural Family House of Belterra-Pa. Rural extension worker in the Boa Nova Community, Saracá, Casinha, Ascensão, Batata Lake in Oriximiná-Pa.