This paper describes smallholder agricultural systems in the lower Amazon where the Santarém sub-Cluster is based. Here, despite the fertility of floodplain soils and a long tradition of floodplain farming, smallholder agriculture is stagnating. Once the basis of the floodplain economy, its role in smallholder subsistence has now been taken over by commercial fishing and extensive cattle ranching.
Clima e Desmatamento no Xingu
Clima e Desmatamento no Xingu
Boletim produzido pelo consórcio composto pelo IPAM, ICV, ISA, Fórum Mato-Grossense de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento de MT (Formad) e Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais de Lucas do Rio Verde (STR Lucas), no âmbito do projeto Governança Florestal nas Cabeceiras do Rio Xingu, e faz parte das ações da Campanha "Y Ikatu Xingu".