Empreendimentos rurais não-agrícolas: a sustentabilidade para além da agricultura na comunidade Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Manaus - AM

Abstract

Restrictions on economic activities, imposed by the State, are often necessary to prevent the suppression of land, water and forests. In areas where the natural environment and traditional peoples coexist, such as the Sustainable Development Reserve (SDR) of Tupé, it is desirable that economic activities cause the lowest possible impact on ecosystems, while ensuring the physical and social reproduction of those people in these ecosystems. In this connection, the present study aimed to show how rural non-farm activities, undertaken by social agents, can represent a strategy for the Good Living of Communities in an SDR. For that, a multi-method approach was chosen, composed of thematic interviews and direct observation with social agents of the headquarter district of the Comunidade Nossa Senhora do Livramento, located on the SDR of Tupé internal perimeter. We interviewed 20 social agents responsible for developing rural non-farm activities in 21 different spaces called Non-Rural Non-Farm Ventures (RNFV). For the analysis of the data, predominantly qualitative methods were used to extract the perception of these social agents about: the socioeconomic characteristics of the ERNA's, their pluriactivity and the contribution of these to the Community's Good Living. As a result, 14 different rural non-farm activities were identified as self-pronounce as the main activity of RNFV, which are predominantly pluriactives in a relationships social network of high transitivity. These social agents see the contribution of their ventures, in a positive way, mainly in the dimensions: Community Vitality, Culture, Environment and Education. It was concluded that rural non-farm activities can be adopted as a strategy for the promotion of Good Living and should be articulated in the SDR of Tupé management processes as an alternative to the direct exploration of lands, waters and forests.