As práticas relacionadas ao uso popular de plantas medicinais são o que muitas comunidades têm como alternativa viável para o tratamento de doenças ou manutenção da saúde. Porém, sua continuidade pode ser ameaçada pela interferência de fatores externos à dinâmica social do grupo, como, por exemplo: a maior exposição das comunidades à sociedade envolvente e, conseqüentemente, ás pressões econômicas e culturais e...
O presente trabalho avaliou os níveis de conscientização ambiental dos alunos do Curso de Nível Médio Integrado em Agroecologia da E.E.E.M.P. “Monsenhor Vicente Freitas”, localizada no município de Pombal-PB, no período de 28 de maio a 07 de junho de 2012, para que a partir destes dados possa se estipular a melhor maneira de construir uma consciência ambiental saudável em nossa sociedade e crescentemente corret...
The current ethnobotanical studies record the use of medicinal plants as giving large awareness through models and empirical use of phototherapy between communities and their people. This research aimed to an ethnobotanical and ethnovet survey in the Jacu settlement in the municipality of Pombal - PB. In the survey, it was through the residents, the rescue register the use of the medicinal species usually used...
Abstract - The municipality of Pombal - PB and the surrounding region possesses one of the main economic activities and thus the sheep industry trade in sheep meat is broad. Thus, the aim with this work, follow and describe the marketing of sheep meat in the municipality of Pombal - PB. Interviews were conducted with the owners of stores and markets selling meat sheep in the city. We can see that they still hav...
O experimento foi conduzido na comunidade rural de Reforma em Apodi (5º 40’ S e 37º 44’ W), com objetivo de avaliar a produção de arroz vermelho utilizando compostagem e aplicação de biofertilizante, como práticas agroecológicas. Utilizou-se a compostagem em quatro níveis (0, 10, 20 e 30 ton.ha-1), com e sem aplicação de biofertilizante, testando-se na produção de duas cultivares: cultivar local e a cultivar de...
The cooperatives and beekeeping activity play a key role in social and economic development of small producers, therefore aimed to study the environmental and socio-economic development of family farming cooperative of beekeepers in the municipality of Catole do Rocha, PB. The study was conducted in the microregion of Catole do Rocha in Paraiba State. Data were obtained through questionnaires and semi-structure...
Pest control in agriculture is usually done through pesticides, which also end up with beneficial organisms (predators, bees and other pollinators) in this context, the biological control appears as a technique that uses natural means, created to decrease the population of organisms considered pests. The control can be done by another organism (predator, parasite or pathogen) that attacks the pest and can be ve...
The use of natural resources disposable in the farm producers it is important to obtain income, and in Brazil northeast region it has been found different spontaneous species as sources of nutrients in the caatinga biome to be used as green manure. This work was conducted at the experimental farm Rafael Fernandes of the Department of Plant Sciences, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid (UFERSA), Mossoro, R...
The burning of pasture and crop residues in the period prior to the rains in the semi-arid region is a practice usually applied by farmers to facilitate cleaning of the area and renew pasture. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of fire in chemical and biological soil properties in different areas in the hinterland of Paraíba. The treatments consisted in the use of fire and grazing in an area of growing wit...
- Brazil is one of the largest producers of banana (Musa sp.), Accounting on average for 10% of the total world production. From this perspective, it is possible to see the need to increase their production, and among the strategies adopted, one can anticipate the acclimatization phase, through the association of banana seedlings mycorrhizal fungi. The biofertilizers commonly refer to the effluent resulting fro...