Creolo beans production systems in Juruá valley, Acre, Brazilian Amazon.
2016
MATTAR, E. P. L. | OLIVEIRA, E. de | JESUS, J. C. da S. de | ARAÚJO, M. L. de | SIVIERO, A. | SANTOS JUNIOR, H. C. dos | Eduardo Pacca Luna Mattar, Universidade Federal do Acre; Eliane de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Acre; Jercivanio Carlos da Silva de Jesus, Universidade Federal do Acre; Marlon Lima de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Acre; AMAURI SIVIERO, CPAF-Acre; Hamilton Carvalho dos Santos Junior, Universidade Federal de Viçosa.
The Juruá valley mesoregion is recognized for its diversity of cultivars of common beans and cowpea and is an important center for on farm bean conservation in Brazil. However, there is little information about production systems of Creoles cultivars and, in this approach, the study aimed to identify the production centers and to gather information about beans production systems. Thirty eight farmers and five merchants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaries. Juruá valley farmers use three beans production systems: "beach farming", "slash burn system" and "stuffy farming". The systems use family labor with low dependence on external inputs, two classified as itinerant. The study identified two beans production centers: Alto Juruá extractive reserve and Santa Luzia directed settlement project.
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