Avaliação das potencialidades para a agricultura urbana no entorno da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), município de Belém (PA).

Abstract

The Urban Agriculture (UA) is a multidimensional concept of agricultural production that has been gaining space in the economy of urban centers. Its importance is given by the production of food to the self-consume and food security, beyond the possibility to commercialization in a marketing channel shorter that approximate the producer to the consumer. The present research was developed at the Montese Neighborhood, situated in the periphery of Belém City, capital of Pará State (PA), where is located the Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA). The propose of this study was analyze the potential of UA at the Neighborhood. For that were applied 40 interviews to the residents of the Neighborhood, in the period from April to August of 2018, with the objective of obtain data about the conditions of life and about the practices of agriculture performed in the location. Thus, was find out that 42.5% of the interviewers practices the UA, even it still has been incipient, it destines its production, mainly to satisfy small necessities of consume and prepare of home remedies. According with the residents, the major limitation to the development of UA at the Neighborhood is the lack of technical guidance and incentive. The fortification of this activity in the studied area could be initiated since from strategies of University extension to proportionate technical support with quality to these residents. This will demand the articulation of an ample partnership involving community leaderships, prefecture, secretary of agriculture and urbanism, churches, universities and other actors, as a way of bringing practical directions to achieve the technical demands, logistics and of infrastructure.