AGROECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION IN THE QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY ILHA DE SÃO VICENTE

ELEMENT OF FIGHT FOR TERRITORY

Abstract

This research focuses on the agroecological system implemented in the quilombola community Ilha de São Vicente and is the result of observations and dialogues with the population that lives in this territory. Therefore, the aim is to understand how agroecology has helped this community in the fight for the quilombo territory of Ilha de São Vicente, once it is present in the production practices of these families and has been organized as an element of resistance and survival. The article presents how agroecology appears in the community activities, especially in production systems such as: vegetable gardens, farms, diversified farms, chicken farming, pig farming, etc. The results of this work show a diversity of production systems carried out by families, which is an important historical factor in guaranteeing the maintenance conditions of this community. Thus, it was possible to notice that over time the community started reorganizing itself, especially from 2010 onwards, when the families were victims of an eviction promoted by an attempt to seize quilombola land. Establishing several resistance strategies, both from an institutional point of view, through the creation of an association, and from the point of view of food production, based on the principles of agroecology.