Dimensionamentos de sistemas de conservação da água e solo da fazenda memória

Abstract

The soil is the fundamental source of national wealth and serves as the foundation for its two essential activities: agriculture and livestock farming. Tropical regions are characterized by heavy rainfall during the summer, making agricultural areas vulnerable to erosion. Therefore, combating erosion is essential in agricultural activities. Something easily destructible, with a long regeneration and transformation period, and a significant role in productive and evolutionary chains, such as soil, should receive more careful and concerning attention. What will be taken into consideration, for the most part, is the conservative concern for the care of this essential raw material - not only for this work but also for the maintenance of living beings on Earth. The objective is to analyze and calculate terracing, whether at ground level or on slopes, seeking to validate calculations and implementations already carried out in some areas and effectively applying similar methods for development in new areas. The choice of conservation-oriented values must be directly linked to the degree of necessity for management/reformation of contour lines, already positioned in the areas, within a lifespan of up to 5 years and the time and operational costs required for their elevation. The soils in the region of Sidrolândia/MS - Brazil are dark Red Latosols, dystrophic and Yellow Latosols with gently undulating relief, clay to sandy texture, and appropriates physical-chemical characteristics. It will be evaluated through field measurements, satellite imagery, AgroCad, rainfall station data (MISOL Eletric - IP - Weather Underground: Local Map), Excel, and calculations using terracing equations. It is expected that in this work, the importance of soil conservation will be highlighted not only in terms of its necessity but also in the possibility that, besides being well done, it must be proved the system will not hinder the producer in their agricultural production areas.