Integrated production and food safety in the rural productive villages of the São Francisco river integration project, Quixeramobim productive village in the municipality of São Jose de Piranhas – Paraíba

Abstract

The socio-productive reinsertion of families resettled by the São Francisco River Transposition Project – PISF, is one of the great challenges faced in the Rural Productive Villages of the project. The objective of this article is to present the experience of a family in the Quixeramobim productive village in the municipality of São José de Piranhas – PB, which develops agroecological practices of production in its productive backyard, from the perspective of food security and income generation. In the context of the semi-arid region of the Northeast, the Basic Environmental Program (PBA 08), developed by the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco - UNIVASF in partnership with the Ministry of Regional Development - MDA, proposed local social processes that contribute to food security, generation of occupation and income and autonomy of resettled families from the PISF. Through Participatory Methodologies (Timeline, Cross-walk and SWOT) family farmers indicated the courses of Productive Backyard and Agroecological Garden as means of developing production systems adapted to coexistence with the Semiarid region, in line with the preservation of the environment.