O arroz agroecológico e a rizicarcinicultura no perímetro irrigado do Betume/SE

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Isadora Souza de
• Orientador(a): Sousa, Inajá Francisco de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
• Palavras-chave em Português: Rio São Francisco; Agricultura; Arroz; Cultivo de arroz; Sustentabilidade e meio ambiente; Baixo São Francisco; Carcinicultura; Indicadores; Rizicultura; Sustentabilidade socioambiental
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Indicators; Shrimp farming; Rice growing; Social and environmental sustainability
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: OUTROS
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/14477

Agriculture is one of the main activities practiced in the municipalities of the geographical region known as Baixo São Francisco Sergipano. Rice farming is the crop developed in the Perímetro Irrigado do Betume (PIBE), with 2,600 hectares of rice planted in 2018. However, problems such as the salinisation of the São Francisco River, the intense use of pesticides and producers linked to middlemen, increasingly put the success of this culture in this region at risk. Faced with such risks, two activities are beginning to emerge as alternatives that seek clean and sustainable production and that enable producers to earn income, are the production of agroecological rice and rizicarcinicultura. For this reason, this research had the general objective of analyzing these modalities of agriculture and aquaculture activities developed in the Perímetro Irrigado do Betume (PIBE), characterizing them in the municipalities of the spatial area, in addition to building a set of indicators related to these activities and examining, through these indicators, if the activities can be a way to catch a glimpse of the sustainability. The methodology used for the development of this study, at first, started through a theoretical and empirical survey related to the chosen theme, as well as the mapping of the research area. Subsequently, in the field study, non-participant observation techniques were used in loco from the main questions raised for the consolidation of this study. Then, the Survey research method was used through questionnaires to obtain data or information about characteristics, actions or opinions from a sample of the research universe. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that rice, despite the incentives and modernization geared towards production over the years, maintains archaic practices that are harmful to the environment, the health of producers and consumers, considering that they still use different types of pesticides for each pest in the plantation. In contrast, the modalities that are beginning to emerge involving the rice and the shrimp are moving in the opposite direction of the unsustainable character, given that they have abandoned the use of pesticides to allow the development of clean rice and the healthy growth of shrimp. These activities, although beginners and in test, have already changed the way of production of those who use them. With this, one can then consider these as viable and alternative choices for the Baixo São Francisco Sergipano, which allow sustainable development between human beings, economic activity and the environment.