A Importância de uma Rede Tecnológica de Rochagem para a Sustentabilidade em Países Tropicais (The Importance of a Stonemeal Technological Network for Sustainability in Tropical Countries)
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https://doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v5i6.232929Abstract
Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa em desenvolvimento por cientistas brasileiros e de três países africanos (Angola, África do Sul e Camarões). O fio condutor da pesquisa foi a tecnologia da rochagem, que prevê a adição de rochas moídas, que contenham uma ampla variedade de agrominerais, para melhorar os índices de fertilidade dos solos. A partir de interesses comuns - a expansão da pesquisa sobre remineralização dos solos agrícolas e a difusão da tecnologia, o grupo visa principalmente a formalização e consolidação de uma rede de cooperação científica Sul-Sul (afro-brasileira) com ênfase em tecnologias agroecológicas. O incremento dos níveis de fertilidade permite o aumento da produção e contribuí para de segurança alimentar/nutricional e ambiental em meio aos agricultores familiares desses países. Apesar dos diferentes estágios em que se encontram as pesquisas nos quatro países, os resultados já alcançados são muito positivos, pois indicam que pressupostos científicos, socioeconômicos e políticos, até então intransponíveis, podem ser alterados.
Palavras-Chave: Rochagem, Agricultores Familiares Afro-brasileiros e Agroecologia
The Importance of a Stonemeal Technological Network for Sustainability in Tropical Countries
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This paper presents the results of a research being developed by scientists from Brazil and three African countries: Angola, South Africa and Cameroon. The main guide line of the research was stonemeal technology, which provides improvements on the rates of soil fertility by the addition of crushed rocks, which contain a wide variety of Agrominerals. Starting from interests in common – such as the expansion of research on soil remineralization and the diffusion of agricultural technology -, the group aims mainly to formalize and consolidate a South-South (African-Brazil) cooperation network in science with emphasis on agro-ecological technologies. Despite allowing an increased on production levels, the enhance of fertility levels also contributes to the food / nutrition and environmental security among small farmers in those countries. In spite of the different stages of the research is taking place in the four countries, the achieved already are very positive, once they indicate that scientific, socioeconomic and political assumptions hitherto insurmountable, can in fact be changed.
Keywords: Stonemeal, Afro-Brazilian Small Farmers and Agroecology
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