Estratégias de produção e desenvolvimento com base na agroecologia: análise comparada de estudos de casos em Nova Friburgo, Brasil e Mendoza, Argentina.

RESUMO - Discute-se a agroecologia como uma interface do desenvolvimento socioeconômico de agricultores familiares impulsionados por movimentos sociais e políticas governamentais. Foram utilizados estudos de casos de Mendoza, Argentina, e Nova Friburgo, Brasil, e metodologia qualitativa para definir amostragem para entrevistas e organizar as informações coletadas. As características de ocupação dos dois territórios analisados forjaram os sistemas de produção locais e, no processo de investigação realizado foi fundamental apreendê-las de forma clara, para o entendimento de como foram estabelecidas as estratégias agrícolas desenvolvidas pelas famílias em seus sistemas de produção. A agroecologia aparece como alternativa não apenas aos meios de desenvolvimento de técnicas produtivas, mas como opção para um processo de desenvolvimento territorial sustentável. ABSTRACT - Agroecology is discussed as an interface of the socioeconomic development of family farmers, who are driven by social movements and public policies. Case studies of Mendoza, Argentina, and of Nova Friburgo, Brazil, and qualitative methodology were used to define samplings for interviews and to organize collected information collected. The occupation characteristics of the two analyzed territories shaped the local production systems. In the research process, to clearly grasping these characteristics was essential to understand how the agricultural strategies developed by the families within their production systems were established. Agroecology appears not only as an alternative to the means for developing production techniques, but also as an option for a process of sustainable territorial development. ABSTRACT - Agroecology is discussed as an interface of the socioeconomic development of family farmers, who are driven by social movements and public policies. Case studies of Mendoza, Argentina, and of Nova Friburgo, Brazil, and qualitative methodology were used to define samplings for interviews and to organize collected information collected. The occupation characteristics of the two analyzed territories shaped the local production systems. In the research process, to clearly grasping these characteristics was essential to understand how the agricultural strategies developed by the families within their production systems were established. Agroecology appears not only as an alternative to the means for developing production techniques, but also as an option for a process of sustainable territorial development.

Título em inglês: Agroecology as an alternative for family farmers in Nova Friburgo in Brazil, and Mendoza in Argentina.