Permacultura como estratégia de desenvolvimento local para o sertão de Alagoas: o caso do município de Ouro Branco

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to discuss permaculture as a sustainable local development strategy for the backwoods of the State of Alagoas, since it is part of the Brazilian semiarid region, which is under severe pressure especially on agricultural activities carried out at the family level. The people of this region suffer from several problems that are usually linked with natural problems, besides the problems of the relationship between man and nature, as is the case of the municipality of Ouro Branco, which presents a serious desertification situation due to uncontrolled occupation and inadequate land use. It is from this perspective that emerged Permaculture, which seeks a harmonious coexistence with the locality through different principles and methodologies of the current mode of production, but with agricultural production and related activities in a sustainable way so the livelihood of the local population is guaranteed. The methodology used was bibliographic research.