Sistemas iLPF: modelos alternativos à agricultura convencional praticada no assentamento Jacobina Belo Monte, Alagoas

Abstract

In the municipality of Belo Monte, semi-arid region of Alagoas, the Jacobina settlement is located, a community of the Social Movement of Landless Rural Workers, created in 1999 and founded in 2010. The settlement has the capacity to house 56 families. The main economic activities include livestock farming and corn (zea mays) monoculture, facing productive and social vulnerabilities due to the semi- arid climate and poor soils, factors characteristic of semi-arid regions. Environmental degradation is exacerbated by conventional practices driven by the traditionalism of agribusiness that is becoming increasingly common in the region, such as intensive use of pesticides and deforestation. In contrast, the Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration (iLPF) models developed for semi-arid regions offer sustainable solutions, maintaining the natural structure of the ecosystem, promoting diversification and optimization of land use, in addition to being completely flexible in relation to adaptation. environmental and fundamental for the agroecological transition in the region. Promoting environmental, social and economic sustainability.