Historical trajectory and resilience in an agro-extractive settlement project in the Lower Tocantins River, Pará, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID22014673
AuthorsGerciene de Jesus Lobato Ribeiro (0000-0001-7926-4938, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi), Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira (0000-0003-1233-318X, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue2
Pages108-143
Publication date2021-09-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainability in Debate (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2177-7675 • E-ISSN: 2179-9067
PublisherEditora de Livros IABS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18472/sustdeb.v12n2.2021.34091
OpenAlexW3197825817
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

The São João Batista riverside community experienced a golden phase in the production of cachaça from sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.). It underwent a period of decay around 1975 and, in 2004, became an Agro-extractive Settlement Project (PAE), with an economic system based on the exploitation and commercialization of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). This study analyzes the resilience of PAE São João Batista, Abaetetuba, Pará, from the establishment of sugar cane mills to the transition of their economic system to the exploitation and commercialization of açaí. It was based on field research conducted with 141 riverside dwellers employing semi-structured interviews. The adaptive cycle was built up, from which resilience was analyzed. The growth of the açaí fruit market identifies the community's point of resilience. The sugar cane-açaí economic system transition enabled riparian populations to experience changes and to create conditions for reorganizing themselves as a settlement

Agricultural science · Biology · Business · Commercialization · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Productivity · Psychological resilience · Saccharum officinarum · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Horticulture · Marketing