Análise dos aspectos da sustentabilidade de agricultores familiares no município de Coronel Vivida - PR

Abstract

Sustainability is a growing theme in people's daily debates, the adoption of sustainable practices become increasingly necessary for the production’s legitimacy in pursuit of sustainable development that will remain with the generations. Due to the importance of familiar agriculture in cities economy, it is justified the measure of the sustainability of these cities. Through specific indicators for Social, Environmental and Economic areas it is possible to measure the sustainability level in which productive systems are located in these three dimensions. In order to identify the level in which they are and analyze the obtained results, a study was carried out with a sample of ten family farmers who work with the activity of milk cattle in the region of Paliosa’s Line, a community located in the city of Coronel Vivida- PR, however the community as a whole was analysed. Data collection was done through an interview with the producers. It was used 36 selected indicators from literature, mainly based on Silva's research (2015) that were later analysed in each one of the three dimensions and compared within the help of the computer program Excel. The general level of sustainability was reached at 2.27, with the social dimension of 2.2; being the environmental dimension of 2.3 and the economic dimension of 2.3. The evaluation scale used was from 1 for bad to 3 for excellent, considering the result obtained as good, however, with some necessary measures for the improvement of these levels.