Agroecoturismo: uma alternativa aos pequenos agricultores em transição agroecológica no Distrito de Taquaruçu – Palmas, Tocantins

Abstract

Taquaruçu District and its surroundings have been facing problems for the conservation of their natural resources, mainly due to deforestation and use of water resources for agricultural practices. In this sense, there is a great concern with the preservation of natural resources, as the region is in a transition zone from the Cerrado to the Amazon biome, which ensures a great diversity of elements of the local fauna and flora. This study aims to map family farmers who work in the transition system, from conventional to agroecological production, around the Taquaruçu district and Taquaruçu Grande community in the city of Palmas, Tocantins. open their properties for agroecotourism, with the view that environmental problems can be minimized while at the same time generating sustainable local development. Agroecotourism is not only intended to promote simple contact with nature, but also to promote sustainability and assist in the income of family farmers in the region. The research was characterized as documentary and bibliographic, exploratory-descriptive, through qualitative / quantitative procedures. It is concluded that the places have many characteristics that can be used and developed for agroecotourism and that the municipality has vocation for this, so there is a need to work to better involve and qualify the local population.