SAFA FAO as an assessment tool for family farming under the sustainability bias

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https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n1.2023.47089

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sustainability analysis, environmental indicators, watershed committees, rural livelihoods

Abstract

The use of Rapid Assessment Protocols can characterise environmental problems such as the degradation of river sources, help understand the socio-environmental scenario of rural communities, and contribute to a more in-depth characterisation of the context and the elaboration of public policies for its solution. This work aims to evaluate the sustainability index (SI) of rural properties using the SAFA tool. Indicators were selected that can contribute to identifying the advantages and limitations of rural properties inserted in a stream micro-basin in Brazil (Barra Grande, Canoinhas, Santa Catarina State). The community generally has a good SI, mainly due to economic resilience and social well- being dimensions, with lowest scores in environmental integrity and good governance. On the other hand, themes that should receive attention to increase the SI of the families are related to the increase of biodiversity in the properties, with an emphasis on forest coverage.

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Juliano de Oliveira, Masters in Environmental Science, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina (Epagri), Canoinhas, SC, Brazil

Agronomist by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000) and Chemist by same University (2002). He is currently an agronomist at the Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina (EPAGRI) of Canoinhas - SC, where he meets the requests of local family farming and is responsible for the Grains and Environmentally Sustainable Development program of EPAGRI in the North Plateau of Santa Catarina. He has experience in cereal production, with emphasis on seed production and processing, for 8 years was the technical manager of the seed processing unit (UBS) at Cooperalfa. He has a Postgraduate Degree in Sustainable Rural Development (2017) by Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC). Masters in Environmental Sciences (2022) by the Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC).

Ana Lúcia Hanisch, Doctor in Plant Production, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina (Epagri), Canoinhas, SC, Brazil

Doctor in Plant Production by Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) (2018), Master in Animal Science by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (2002) and Agronomist by UFPR (1994). She is has been researcher at EPAGRI - Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company of Santa Catarina since 2004, developing works with pastures areas and integrated agricultural production systems (SSP and SAFs in caivas), also works in research with industrial residues with potential use in the farming.

Daniel da Rosa Farias, Doctor in Agronomy, Professor, Instituto Federal Catarinense, Araquari, SC, Brazil

Professor at Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFC), Plant Production. Agronomist by Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel). In 2008, he entered the master's course of Plant Breeding in the Graduate Program in Agronomy (PPGA) at UFPel, in 2009 he progressed to doctoral level and in 2010 he obtained the title of Master in Science (PPGA/FAEM/ UFPel). In 2010/2011 he completed a sandwich doctorate at the Universté de Perpignan Via Domitia (France), and in 2013 he completed his doctorate. From 2013 to 2016 he worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Genomics Center and Plant Breeding (FAEM/UFPel) where he carried out both teaching and research activities. During this period, he carried out genomics and transcriptomes analysis aimed genetic improvement of cereals. He has experience in Agronomy, with emphasis on Plant Breeding and Bioinformatics. He was coordinator (from 2020 to 2022) of the Graduate Program in Technology and Environment (PGTA) at IFC, and he is currently the assistant coordinator of the course.

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2023-04-30

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Oliveira, J. de, Hanisch, A. L., & Farias, D. da R. (2023). SAFA FAO as an assessment tool for family farming under the sustainability bias. Sustainability in Debate, 14(1), 216–229. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n1.2023.47089

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023): Sustainability in Debate / Sustentabilidade em Debate

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