Participatory evaluation indicators of soil and crops health in production systems in community Pé de Serra Cedro in brazilian semi-arid

Abstract

Participatory evaluation allows us to infer that the agricultural systems need to be improved and what knowledge can promote increments, thus aimed to evaluate different production systems in the Community Pé de Serra Cedro, Sobral, state of Ceará, Brazil, using participatory methodology with local farmers on soil properties and health of crops. The production systems evaluated were four, with the following descriptions: traditional system: planting annual crops, with burning area to 3 years; traditional system + manure; traditional system + manure + Leucaena leucocephala; and scuffed agroecological system. Inserting soil practices such as manure application and implementation of increased legumes traditional production systems in semiarid region, even in short-term assessment. The use of agroecologicals cuffed differed for soil properties and health of crops over traditional managements with value 8.6 and 8.4 to soil and plant indicators, respectively.