Território e práticas agrícolas no município de Lagoa Seca/PB: espaço de disputas e de luta para a produção de alimentos saudáveis

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the initiatives of civil society and public organizations aimed at strengthening agroecological actions in the municipality of Lagoa Seca, Paraíba, Brazil. The objective of this research is to analyze the construction of territoriality by the National Articulation of Agroecology (ANA), in Lagoa Seca/PB, demonstrating its contribution in the production of new socio-spatial dynamics in the countryside, from the agroecological transition and in the confrontation of the practices disseminated by the green revolution. The qualitative research relies on primary sources, such as ANA documents and interviews with representatives of the entities. The starting point is the historical rescue of the research region, seeking to perceive the territorial organization of the territory at different scales, according to its specificities and characteristics. It is well known that the construction of an alternative production territory is a long and complex process. However, the process of articulation and agroecological transition presents itself as a social contribution, as it creates models of projects to be followed in other locations and at different scales, seeking the implementation of public policies that rekindle the hope of a healthier countryside. We conclude that ANA, by representing organizations, establishes the process of forming an agroecological field in the country, a notion of agroecology with the objective of materializing public policies in favor of society and which has positively affected its performance in productive changes in the field in Lagoa Seca/PB.