Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic
Given the importance of family production, our aim was to characterize the productivity and importance of family production during the COVID-19 pandemic in the communities of Engano dos Rodrigues and Lagoa Seca, located in the municipality of Santana do Piauí. Data were collected by monitoring produ...
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| author | Milena Almeida Vaz Hermeson dos Santos Vitorino Alessandro Medeiro Evaristo Daniela Rosa Alves da Silva Pereira Edson Lourenço da Silva Fernanda Luz Costa Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro Denise Dias da Cruz |
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| description | Given the importance of family production, our aim was to characterize the productivity and importance of family production during the COVID-19 pandemic in the communities of Engano dos Rodrigues and Lagoa Seca, located in the municipality of Santana do Piauí. Data were collected by monitoring production and sales, from interviews and analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) matrix. The strengths of the activity lie in the diversity of food products and the continuous production of most items, in the organization into an association and the partnerships established, which were crucial at a time of crisis to guarantee the distribution and sale of agricultural products. The weak points are mainly related to the lack of technical assistance. Understanding the dynamics of agroecological family production in times of crisis highlights the importance of institutional support and continuing education for the resilience and sustainable development of rural communities. We also stress the importance of future research focusing on the impact of public policies on family farming in the semiarid region, as well as the effectiveness of different marketing and cooperation strategies among farmers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-14c86ee3148d41ec9de309f4a4e3fec42025-08-20T02:25:13ZengAssociação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e AmbientalRevista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais1808-45242176-94782024-12-0160e2090e209010.5327/Z2176-947820901737Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemicMilena Almeida Vaz0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-6344Hermeson dos Santos Vitorino1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-5628Alessandro Medeiro Evaristo2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9355-4695Daniela Rosa Alves da Silva Pereira3https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7260-8579Edson Lourenço da Silva4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4442-5137Fernanda Luz Costa5https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4216-4142Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7246-2691Denise Dias da Cruz7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-5432Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) - BrazilState University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilFederal University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilFederal University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilFederal University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilFederal University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilState University of Piauí (UFPI) - BrazilFederal University of Paraíba (UFPB) - BrazilGiven the importance of family production, our aim was to characterize the productivity and importance of family production during the COVID-19 pandemic in the communities of Engano dos Rodrigues and Lagoa Seca, located in the municipality of Santana do Piauí. Data were collected by monitoring production and sales, from interviews and analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) matrix. The strengths of the activity lie in the diversity of food products and the continuous production of most items, in the organization into an association and the partnerships established, which were crucial at a time of crisis to guarantee the distribution and sale of agricultural products. The weak points are mainly related to the lack of technical assistance. Understanding the dynamics of agroecological family production in times of crisis highlights the importance of institutional support and continuing education for the resilience and sustainable development of rural communities. We also stress the importance of future research focusing on the impact of public policies on family farming in the semiarid region, as well as the effectiveness of different marketing and cooperation strategies among farmers.https://www.rbciamb.com.br/Publicacoes_RBCIAMB/article/view/2090semiarid; crisis; agroecology. |
| spellingShingle | Milena Almeida Vaz Hermeson dos Santos Vitorino Alessandro Medeiro Evaristo Daniela Rosa Alves da Silva Pereira Edson Lourenço da Silva Fernanda Luz Costa Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro Denise Dias da Cruz Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais semiarid; crisis; agroecology. |
| title | Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Diversification of crops and food security: the role of family farming in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | diversification of crops and food security the role of family farming in the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | semiarid; crisis; agroecology. |
| url | https://www.rbciamb.com.br/Publicacoes_RBCIAMB/article/view/2090 |
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