Women become protagonists of
agroforestry, improving the living conditions of their families and
increasing their participation in the spaces of production, marketing
and advocacy. Where the leading role of the female has been exercises,
success has been achieved.
It is not just today that the active
participation of women in Agroforestry Systems (AFS) supported by
Cooperafloresta - Agroforestry Farmers Association of Bar Turvo/SP and
Adrianople/PR has contributed to the success of the work. In all cities
where it operates, the female lead has been exercised. Agroflorestar
Project, sponsored by Petrobras Environmental Program, is supporting the
Association in working with women farmers, and quilombolas.
The initiative mobilizes hundreds of
women who work from the sustainable management of natural resources in
agroforestry, the realization of joint efforts, in accounting and
organization of collective marketing of food. The result is due to a
continuing process of organizing, training and technical assistance for
the development of agroforestry, participatory certification and
collective marketing.
Among the benefits generated by the
integration of women in agroforestry practice is access to their own
income, which has contributed to the advancement of their economic
emancipation, which strengthens and empowers them to deal with violence
against women, as well as to expand its involvement with the political
spaces of social intervention.
This commitment of women from
agricultural families in agroforestry articulates the transformation of
social class with the change in relations with nature and the
construction of new social relations of gender. This is expressed in
symbols of Agroforestry Systems (AFS) that we support. At the same time,
it contributes much to the transformation of social reality, as women
themselves entered in SAFs Cooperafloresta and supported by the project
Agroflorestar recalls Nelson Correia Neto, agronomist, technician for
Cooperafloresta.
The everyday reality
Leni Rodrigues de Sena Pamplona, 44, a
member of the Group Agroforestry Blue Magpie / MST, located on the coast
of Paraná, recounts her experience. "There has to be a woman to impose
order," she says. She receives all the produce twice a week through the
farming families merchandise, brands the products and then sends them to
the locations where they are sold.
"At these times, women magnify the work
of men who no longer work alone. They count on our support. I see it
every day here. The production more than doubles since beforehand, most
men, besides having to work on other activities, did not have the
support of women. I feel valued, respected and I'm proud of what I do,"
Leni adds.
The voice of women
The agroforestry farmer Olga Maria de
Figueiredo says that what she likes best, and along with her husband
produces the food on their plot, is to collaborate so that others who do
not know how agroforestry works follow suit. "Today we sent 15
varieties of food to the Fair. Thus, we showed how women can grow food
and contribute to ensuring the survival of the family," says Olga, who
is also part of the Group Agroforestry Blue Magpie / MST.
In Barra Turvo it is no different.
There, where exist the headquarters of Cooperafloresta, since 2003 the
SAF has been changing day by day the life of women. Dolíria Rodrigues,
from the Quilombo Terra Seca and Ribeirao Grande, states: "We learned
how to grow and prepare much. So many meals that do not fit onto a
single table. This knowledge cannot be just for us. We must cherish and
show other women how much you can do with Agroforestry," she says,
satisfied.
"Today, we want to continue in the
field, producing food, preserving life, species and nature, developing
experiences: agro-ecology, biodiversity preservation, the use of
medicinal plants, seeds of recovery as the heritage of peoples in the
service of humanity, healthy eating as sovereign nations,
diversification of production, the appreciation of the work of women in
agroforestry," adds Dolíria.
About Agroflorestar
The Project adopts the tool
Agloflorestar farming and sustainable agricultural production, since it
does not allow monocultures, pesticides or transgenics and guarantees
the work of sustainable agroforestry farmers. It is the development,
implementation and maintenance of productive ecosystems that maintain
diversity, strength, and stability of natural ecosystems, promoting
energy, housing and food in harmony with the environment.
Josi Basso
Translated by Olga Santos
Portuguese version
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