Avaliação da sustentabilidade em agroecossistemas hortícolas na microrregião de Pato Branco - PR: comparação entre ciclos de monitoramento

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Corá, Marisa Biali
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Pato Branco; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional
• Palavras-chave em Português: Desenvolvimento sustentável; Agricultura familiar; Ecologia agrícola; Indicadores ambientais; Sustainable development; Family farms; Agricultural ecology; Environmental indicators
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1099

The general goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the sustainability, at Time 2, of six family vegetable agroecosystems, based on agroecological production, of the microregion of Pato Branco - PR, to compare with the results from Time 1. The theoretical review contextualizes the historical evolution and modernization in agriculture and the historical process of sustainability, besides its concept and the notion of sustainable development notorious in many meansof the actuality. Presents related reflexing to the concept, characteristics and importance of the Sustainable Agriculture and its approaches: Family Agriculture and Agroecology. Describes about sustainability evaluation process with approach of the methodologies and its instruments. The proposal MESMIS (Management evaluation systems mark of the incorporated natural resources of the sustainability indicators) characterizes the methodological guide for the research and application of its steps, at Time 2, is based on a case study and documentary consultations of the evaluation of agroecosystems at Time 1. This way, we evaluate the levels of sustainability through a new characterization, the redefinition of the points that strengthen or limit the activities; restructuring of strategic indicators, measurement and monitoring and integrated presentation of the results, in which we compare the results of the two times, and with conclusions and recommendations in accordance with the obtained results in the second period and comparing with the results of the previous monitoring. We concluded that the sustainability indexes of Time 1 to the Time 2 maintained between fair and desirable and the recommendations and orientation on indicators intents at improving the levels of sustainability in the elapse of time.