Viabilidade econômica de sistemas agroflorestais no Assentamento Belo Horizonte I, São Domingos do Araguaia-Pa

Abstract

The rural family farmers, particularly the agrarian reform settlements over time have been discussing new production systems in rural areas, which are more appropriate to their socioeconomic and cultural reality, and at the same time promote environmental preservation. Agroforestry Systems (AFS) are presented as an alternative that is well suited to the middle of the Amazon environment, it presents a better use of unproductive areas that were submitted to the fallow system, desusadas pasture and for the recovery of degraded areas. In this context, it is important to expand the studies on financial aspects in order to increase the acceptability of AFS by farmers. This study aimed to evaluate the economic viability of three deployed AFS participatory manner in family production units in the rural settlement Belo Horizonte I located in São Domingos do Araguaia-PA. The details of the costs and revenues for each SAF were collected through structured interviews with family members and the local market. The information of the technical contents of each culture were obtained in specialist referrals. To analyze the viability were used indicators net present value, internal rate of return, benefit / cost ratio. All AFS analyzed were considered economically viable in the planning of 21 years, the discount rate of 1% per year. This rate is indicated by the Forest financing facility of the National Family Farming Strengthening Program. The analyzed agroforestry systems are considered economically viable in the planning of 20 years, the discount rate of 1% per year, indicating that this type of activity can be used as family production alternative. The SAF 3 was the best financial performance in relation to the SAF and SAF 2 1 showing the greatest diversity and higher revenues from the first year of the project.