Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10316/106746
Title: | (In)Sustainability of the Territory of Chapada Do Apodi-Rn (Brazil): The Expansion of Agribusiness versus the Impacts of Traditional Farmers and Local Rural Communities | Authors: | Pinto Filho, Jorge Luís de Oliveira Rêgo, Alana Ticiane Alves do Lunes, Anderson Rodrigo da Silva Cunha, Lúcio |
Keywords: | traditional agriculture; irrigated agriculture; environmental governance; environmental justice | Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido—UFERSA CEGOT |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Sustainability (Switzerland) | Volume: | 12 | Issue: | 21 | Abstract: | The objective of this study is to investigate the conditions of family agriculture and the respective environmental impacts of agribusiness. The research methodology is grounded on a theoretical survey of study descriptions of the area, a characterization of rural communities and local population through interviews, an identification of medium and large agricultural enterprises through documentary research on environmental licensing processes, and determination of the environmental impacts of agribusiness via an interaction matrix. Based on the data generated, it was found that the majority of the population has an incomplete elementary education; is involved in agricultural activity, livestock farming, and honey production, which provide a family income of up to one minimum wage; and is located in rural communities with environmental sanitation restrictions. Moreover, it was found that irrigated agriculture has positive impacts, such as the generation of employment and income. It was also evidenced that this activity causes adverse socioeconomic impacts and adverse impacts on the traditional activities of local rural communities through plant removal, water scarcity, and pesticide use. Thus, to mitigate the problems, it is necessary to apply the principles of Brazilian Environmental Law as correlated with the instruments of the National Environment Policy through environmental management guidelines. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/106746 | ISSN: | 2071-1050 | DOI: | 10.3390/su12219173 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CEGOT - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
Files in This Item:
SCOPUSTM
Citations
1
checked on Apr 22, 2024
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
1
checked on Apr 2, 2024
Page view(s)
34
checked on Apr 23, 2024
Download(s)
18
checked on Apr 23, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Altmetric
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License