Abertura de roçados para produção familiar nas comunidades da Floresta Nacio nal do Tapajós

Abstract

Family farming is qualified by agricultural production whose labor emanates from the family itself and contributes to the subsistence and income of its users. The monitoring of the openings of areas for clearings in the UC and survey of the practices adopted in the preparation of the areas contribute to the management organ in the adoption of measures to reconcile the presence of traditional communities with the conservation of nature, in addition to promoting the valorization of the traditional knowledge of the population, as well as highlighting the role of these communities in achieving the objectives of creating sustainable use units in the Amazon. The objective of this work was to analyze the evolution of the swidden activities in Flona do Tapajós to evaluate if there is a change in the productive profile of the families and to identify the practices adopted in soil management. The data used covers the period from 2016 to 2019, and was obtained from the ICMBio database. During this period, 1752 authorizations were issued for opening swiddens with a total area of 1021.84 open hectares and an average of 0.96 ha for each family. In 2016 the average of hectares / family was higher (1.59 ha) while 2017 had the lowest (0.65 ha). In 2019, 416.26ha of swidden areas were opened, surpassing the years 2016 (363.5ha) and 2017 (242.34ha). The number of permits issued for clearings grew between 2016 and 2019 while the average hectare / family and total area per year declined in 2017. The main crop in all years was cassava as well as in most cultivated areas in the state of Pará. There was no change in the productive profile in the communities of Flona do Tapajós. Despite the reduction in the size of the total area as well as the average area per family, it can be analyzed that there was no decrease in the authorizations issued.