Título:	Multi-strata agroforestry as an alternative for small migrant farmers practicing shifting cultivation in central Amazonian communities in Brazil.
Autoria:	SOUSA, G. F. de GUIMARAES, R. R. SOUSA, N. R. NUNES, J. S. LOURENCO, J. N. de P.
Afiliação:	Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental.; NELCIMAR REIS SOUSA, CPAA; JOSE NESTOR DE PAULA LOURENCO, CPAA.
Ano de publicação:	1999
Referência:	In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM MULTI-STRATA AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITH PERENNIAL CROPS, 1999, Turrialba. Multy-strata agroforestry systems with perennial crops: proceedings. Turrialba: CATIE, 1999. p. 243-246.
Conteúdo:	An on-farm research project at Presidente Figueiredo (Amazonas, Brasil). The overall objetive was to test a participatory approach of farmers' involvement in research development, in order to implement some agricultural practices that could benefit farmers' production systems, and would contribute to income diversification, food security, sustainable land use, and consequently social and economic development of rural comunities. The close contact with the resource poor farmers in the project provide valuable opportunities for increasing the level of interaction between researchers and small farmers. it raise the communication capability, the researchers' awareness of the difficulties encountered by the resource poor farmers, and the opportunities for creating more demanding technologies.
Thesagro:	Adoção de Inovações Desenvolvimento Rural Desenvolvimento Sustentável Floresta Tropical Úmida Projeto de Colonização Uso da Terra Sociologia Econômica
NAL Thesaurus:	agroforestry land use innovation adoption tropical rain forests research projects
Palavras-chave:	Agrofloresta Brasil Amazonas Presidente Figueiredo Rural settlement Sustainability Economic sociology
Tipo do material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CPAA)