Quintais agroflorestais: características agrossociais sob a ótica da agricultura familiar

Abstract

The present work has the objective of investigating aspects related to agrossocial characteristics from the perspective of family farmers living in agroforestry farms in the rural center of Ponte Alta, Gama - Distrito Federal, Brazil. The present research is characterized methodologically as a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive nature. Data collection was performed through the application of a structured questionnaire, containing questions that referred to the perception and behavior of the interviewed producer on the subject under analysis. The data treatment was performed through descriptive statistical analysis, using the R² software. Through the application of the questionnaire it was possible to characterize the family farmers residing in agroforestry yards in the studied region. The sample represented 55.62% of the universe of the study. We interviewed 99 people aged between 18 and 83 years. When asked about the number of children of each interviewee, it was observed that 52% of respondents had one, two, three while 10.20% did not have any children. From these results it can be concluded that the family farmers in the Ponte Alta-Gama region have little education. The source of income that was considered most important to the interviewees was the "Out of the rural property", in which 51.02% of individuals considered the main. Noting that the income obtained from investments in the property is low, it is verified that the resources coming from the production unit are not enough to supply the needs of the families, causing them to make efforts in the search of other rents outside the property rural.