O papel da agroecologia na escola do campo para a conservação da biodiversidade e sustentabilidade no assentamento Geraldo Garcia

Abstract

This paper will emphasize the economic cycles that began with the colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese. We will address the impacts caused by each of the “cycles”, namely environmental, cultural and social. Regarding environmental impacts, we will emphasize the loss of vegetation caused by the disorderly extraction of natural resources that occurred and continues to occur throughout Brazilian territory. We will show that this process had direct repercussions on the populations existing in this territory, through cheap slave labor and also in the destruction of the culture of these people, with the imposition of European culture by the colonizers. The invasion of indigenous territories is a prominent situation, which shows all the actions of illegal miners, causing serious impacts on the health and culture of the Yanomami people. Topics will be addressed such as: the conquest of the Geraldo Garcia settlement in Sidrolândia MS, the struggle and resistance of families to continue in search of a dignified and sustainable life, with a focus on cultural, social and environmental values. The topic of gender equality is also addressed, to discuss the importance of women, as much as men, in the process of peasant agriculture. Rural Education plays a leading role, acting as a liaison with the community to demonstrate the importance of a sustainable production project in a sovereign manner for the local population. We will also address the relevance of Rural Education within the Agrarian Reform process, with the aim of rescuing the social, cultural and environmental principles of rural women and men, with a focus on a sustainable family farming project.