Agroecólogos neorrurais: educação, (re)existência camponesa e desenvolvimento rural sustentável

Abstract

This study qualitatively analyses the practices of six neorural agroecological producers, graduated in Agroecology in two different institutions: the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR) and the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Southeast Minas Gerais (IFSEMG). The analysis, based on participant observation, discourse analysis and exchange of experiences, covers several aspects, including production, housing, trade, culture, ideology, food, sociability, management, waste management, use of natural resources and access to land. The objective is to highlight the potentialities and challenges in the search for the consolidation of agricultural and rural sustainability, highlighting the central role of education in agroecology, peasant culture and new ruralities in this process. It was possible to verify the central role of education in agroecology, peasant culture and new ruralities in this process through the work of neo-rural agroecologists.