Participatory business plan in sustainable rural settlements: A socio-environmental development strategy

Authors

  • Francimara Souza da Costa Universidade Federal do Amazonas
  • Andreson Oliveira Cardoso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/otra.2015.917.11

Abstract

This paper presents a participatory business plan, made for improving the commercialization of Brazil nuts by gatherers of the Botos Agroextractivist Settlement, located in the municipality of Humaitá, in the south of the state of Amazonas. The plan’s objective is to identify strategies for the expansion of family income from the sustainable exploitation of chestnut, as well as the adoption of measures that favor the conservation of natural resources. The article presents a methodology of participatory planning as a viable tool for public projects or programs that aim to improve and / or implement social and environmental community businesses in areas of rural settlements in the Amazon.

Keywords: environmental business, extraction, Brazil nuts.

Author Biography

Francimara Souza da Costa, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Doutora em Ciências Socioambientais pelo Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos (Universidade Federal do Pará). Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas; Mestrado em Aquicultura em Águas Continentais pela Universidade Estadual Paulista. Especialização em Políticas governamentais, desenvolvimento sustentável e comunidades tradicionais na Amazônia pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA. É professora adjunta da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, desenvolvendo atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão nas áreas de agroecologia, agricultura familiar e desenvolvimento socioambiental.

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Published

2015-09-04

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 17 (2015): volume IX - nº 17, 2nd semester/2015

Section

Social Solidarity Economy: Experiences and subjects

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