SOIL SECURITY IN FAMILY AGROECOSYSTEMS IN EASTERN AMAZONIA: METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSITION

Abstract

In the Amazon region, family farmers face a crisis in the traditional management and fertility management systems of the natural environment, based on the technical system of slash and burn, questioning the sustainability of agroecosystems. To face these challenges, changes in agricultural practices in local production systems are observed, especially with the adoption of agroforestry systems. The objective was to analyze the adoption of an integral and systemic methodology for assessing soil security in the Eastern Amazon. The methodology adopted involved interviews with family farmers, diagnosis of production systems, and visual evaluation of the soil with quilombola farmers. It is concluded that the tool built is a social technology that can contribute to monitoring agroecosystems and assist in farmers' decision-making about the continuity or changes in the management practices adopted.