Author(s): MATTAR, E. P. L.; OLIVEIRA, E. de; JESUS, J. C. da S. de; ARAÚJO, M. L. de; SIVIERO, A.; SANTOS JUNIOR, H. C. dos

Summary: 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.

Publication year: 2016

Types of publication: Journal article

Unit: Embrapa Acre

Keywords: Acre, Agricultura abafada, Agricultura de praia, Agricultura familiar, Amazonia Occidental, Amazônia Ocidental, Beach farming, Beans, Caupi, Centro de produção, Cowpeas, Creole seed, Cultivo a pequeña escala, Feijão, Feijão de corda, Frijoles, Granjas pequeñas, Phaseolus vulgaris, Production technology, Projeto de Assentamento Dirigido Santa Luzia, RESEX Alto Juruá, Semilla criolla, Sistema de corte e queima, Sistema de produção, Slash burn system, Small farms, Small-scale farming, Stuffy farming, Tecnología de producción, Vale do Juruá (AC), Variedade crioula, Vigna unguiculata, Western Amazon