Avicultura e reprodução socioeconômica dos agricultores familiares no semiárido alagoano: um olhar a partir da associação dos avicultores de Santana do Ipanema

Abstract

The aviculture holds a great socio-economic potential to family farmers in the Sertão of Alagoas Region, specifically in the municipality of Santana do Ipanema, Alagoas. This location has a semiarid climate, showing several edaphoclimatic limitations, specially to the agropecuarian activity. In this sense, the aim of this study is to examine to what extent the aviculture in alagoas state semiarid can provide a propitious context to the social-economic reproduction of sertão rural families. More precisely, to the rural families of the municipality of Santana do Ipanema, regarding the activity of family aviculture as a source of development, may this be an activity which has been contributing directly to the development of Santana do Ipanema smallholders. Moreover, this study aim to present the small-sized animals raising as a tool to be in familiar terms with the semiarid, focusing on family aviculture. In its formulation, semi structured questionnaires were applied to 21 family farmers who are part of the Association of Aviculturists of Santana do Ipanema AAVISI, as well as observing their rural premises. In addition, it was analysed how AAVISI works, how it is benefiting the associated families and how it has been propagating family aviculture in the municipality of Santana do Ipanema. After the research, it was concluded that family aviculture tend to provide a socio-economic improvements to the family farmers of Santana do Ipanema Sertão area, considering the management style and reproductive strategies adopted by those farmers.