The agroecological café produced in the serrana region of Baturité, Ceará, Brazil

Abstract

The coffee produced in the mountainous region of Maciço de Baturité is appreciated because its agroforestry, arabic and free of pesticides, characteristics that result in a more nutritious aliment. In this geographic space, the coffee tree is consorted with other cultures, contributing to the environmental balance, the fertilization of the ground and the containment of plagues. For local producers, to utilize agrobiodiversity is a way to work the local productive arrangements respecting the varietys and variability of regional animals, plants and microorganisms. In this focus, the present work seeks to analyze the production of agroforestry coffee in the region, more precisely in the municipalities of Baturité, Mulungu and Guaramiranga, through a historical-social approach. The study covers the theoretical and methodological criteria of bibliographical research with findings in loco through participatory observations. The temporal cut-off covers the second half of 2016 and the first half of 2017, whereas different temporalities for the bibliographic study. It can be inferred that coffee production in an agroforestry system in the region is practiced seeing the knowledge acumulated about conservation and use of natural resources, made in an area with legal restrictions, favoring positive impacts on the environment by the bias sustainable extractivism, food security and income generation.