Segurança hídrica e soberania alimentar em comunidades rurais do Alto Jequitinhonha

Abstract

The article analyzes water consumption by farming families in three rural communities in Turmalina, semi-arid region of Alto Jequitinhonha, identifying possible supply strategies and rearrangements for food production and self-consumption. Datawere collected through field surveys combined with semi-guidedinterviews. The results indicate that farming families, whose watersources were impacted by eucalyptus monoculture, seek to buildaccess to different waters, mainly through public policies, to guarantee human consumption. In addition, they reorganize theproduction system to prioritize the production of food for self-consumption, in the search for sovereignty and food security insituations of water crisis.