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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35241| Title: | Creolo beans production systems in Juruá valley, Acre, Brazilian Amazon |
| Authors: | Mattar, Eduardo Pacca Luna Oliveira, Eliane de de Jesus, Jercivanio Carlos da Silva de Araújo, Marlon Lima Siviero, Amauri e Júnior, Hamilton Carvalho dos Santos |
| Keywords: | Smallholders agriculture;Phaseolus vulgaris L.;Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.;Traditional farming;Amazon;On farm conservation |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2016 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01, A01D 45/22 |
| Abstract: | The Juruá valley Mesoregion is recognized for its diversity of cultivars of common beans and cowpea and is an important center for on farm bean conservation in Brazil. However, there is little information about production systems of Creoles cultivars and, in this approach, the study aimed to identify the production centers and to gather information about beans production systems. Thirty eight farmers and five merchants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires. Juruá valley farmers use three beans production systems: "beach farming", "slash burn system" and "stuffy farming". The systems use family labor with low dependence on external inputs, two classified as itinerant. The study identified two beans production centers: Alto Juruá extractive reserve and Santa Luzia directed settlement project. |
| Page(s): | 619-624 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJTK Vol.15(4) [October 2016] |
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