ECONOMIC VALUATION OF RURAL QUINTAIS - THE CASE OF FARMERS IN CONNECTION WITH Cooperafis (AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE FAMILY Itapuranga-GO) / VALORAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DE QUINTAIS RURAIS O CASO DOS AGRICULTORES ASSOCIADOS À COOPERAFI (COOPERATIVA DE AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR DE ITAPURANGA-GO)

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The valuation of family farming by Brazilian society constitutes an important tool for local development, since it uses scarce resources like land, labor force, efficiently. The rural homegardens are important production systems to complement other forms of land use, which besides providing food security for farmers, they perform functions aesthetic, recreational and conservation of local biodiversity. Thus, the study aimed to examine the total economic value (TEV) of the backyards of the universe of rural farmers involved in the Cooperative Family Farming of Itapuranga, noting its main economic functions, environmental and cultural. By means of the contingent valuation method, using the technique "payment card", tried to capture also the values of these non-market yards, as the perception and preferences of the farmers interviewed. Thus, 40 questionnaires were applied and visited 35 farms, where it was possible to observe directly the interaction of families with that environment. For economic functions, there was a survey of the main items (gross) consumed and sold during October 2007 and October 2008, reaching an average value of direct use of R$ 420.70 monthly. Other benefits from the yards were measured by DAP of the farmers interviewed, obtained by the MAC, with an average value of R $ 493.75 monthly. These values also correspond to the sociocultural aspects related to the tradition of those families where the woman responds by management and by the choices of crops, according to the tastes and habits of the family group. Regarding environmental aspects, the yards are considered important agroecological systems, since in most cases are not used chemical or toxic substances in their production. In recent years, faced with environmental problems in general, and the reopening of the sugarcane agro-industry in the city of Itapuranga, so does the importance of gardens as conservative biodiversity and balance of the fauna and flora.

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quintais rurais agricultura familiar administracao rural desenvolvimento sustentável contingent valuation method sustainable development home gardens 1.agricultura familiar - itapuranga(go); 2.quintais rurais - valorização econômica; 3.desenvolvimento sustentável método de avaliação contingente family agriculture

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