The Neglected Solutions: Local Farming Systems for Sustainable Development in the Amazon

Gabriel da Silva Medina () and Claudio Wilson Soares Barbosa
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Gabriel da Silva Medina: Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil
Claudio Wilson Soares Barbosa: Department of Rural Development, Serviço Cerne, Altamira 68371-902, Brazil

World, 2023, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: The productive inclusion of local communities is one of the main challenges to sustainable rural development in the Amazon. Existing development initiatives often prioritize projects with exogenous production systems; thus, local systems are overlooked, despite their large coverage. Based on surveys conducted in 107 riparian communities and detailed case studies in eight communities doing ranching, logging, and fishing, this study describes local management systems developed by rural communities in the confluence between the Amazon and Xingu Rivers. The study showed that (1) local management systems for buffalo ranching, logging, and fishing agreements were found in 61%, 60%, and 21% of the 107 riparian communities, respectively; (2) these systems are based on local know-how and on technological solutions that are locally available; and (3) the improvement and consolidation of these local systems require governmental support. The study reveals that local and traditional farming practices may underpin sustainable development in the Amazon.

Keywords: endogenous development; farmer-driven innovations; local governance; legitimization of marginalized knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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