USE OF FIRE IN AGRICULTURE: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND CONTROLLED BURNING IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TERRA NOSSA, NOVO PROGRESSO, PARÁ

Abstract

In the last decades the Amazon forest has been under pressure from several sectors with its constant destruction, which ends up causing the search for solutions to minimize the impacts suffered. The objective of this work was to characterize the main techniques used for the use of fire in agricultural practice and the prevention of burning controlled by family farmers in the municipality of Novo Progresso. Data collection was performed through a semi-structured interview with in loco application. It was found that 14% of those interviewed do not use fire in agriculture while most producers use fire. As for the fire prevention and firefighting lectures given by the region's fire brigade, 77% of those interviewed participated in these activities, 18% never attended, and 5% could not acquire data regarding the questioning. As a measure of accidental fire protection, 95% of the interviewed producers use aceiro and 5% do not adopt this practice. The maintenance of these fireworks is done with agricultural machines for a small portion (10%) while 45% of the interviewees do the cleaning manually and 45% does no maintenance. The presence and effectiveness of public agencies in the region, together with settled farmers, are necessary to improve the conditions of the use of fire in agricultural practices.KEYWORDS: Agriculture, Burning, Infrastructure.