The passage from traditional to modern agriculture in the Amazon has increased energy consumption, intensified the use of natural resources, replaced forest areas with monocultures, causing soil degradation and contamination of hydric resources as a consequence of excessive use of chemical products. The intensification in the use of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and mechanization has contributed to the expansion of monoculture plantations, reducing rural job offers, increasing landholding and accelerating the rural-urban fringe, which in its turn has caused a population increase in cities' outskirts. On the other hand, traditional agriculture, which is based in slash-and-burn practices, have been targeted by environmentalists and scientists from the entire world for emitting green-house effect gases. Hence, it becomes necessary to offer ecological alternatives that encourage sustainability in family farming production units by using natural resources in a sustainable manner in the Amazon. Among viable options, initiatives to prepare the land without burning it, such as the Tipitamba project, the Clearing Without Burning project, Agro-forest systems and agro-technological alternatives practiced by the region's farmers, have been standing out. The disclosure of knowledge and practices by means of training courses might contribute to the sustainable development and strengthening of family farming, with social inclusion effects. Thus, it becomes necessary to organize, train, implement and monitor existing agro-ecological alternatives, giving emphasis to the management of systems which don't use fire. In this sense, the Rio Capim Pole and communities from Igarapé Açu and Marapanim-Pará represent strategic regions in which to implement these activities. This project aims to offer an important initiative for the selected communities, in addition to strengthening agriculture in a sustainable manner. The goal is to offer sustainable alternatives to the slash-and-burn agriculture, with agro-ecological principles, with the sustainable use of lands and improvement in life quality for family farmers of Pará's northeast. The farmers will be trained in systems of production or/and rearing in each of the succeeded agro-ecological experiences, for instance, they will be able to appropriate genetic material that will be available in these unities. In the end, the hopes are to have motivated family farmers and have made available general knowledge and management ideas based in agro-ecology, and thus have contributed to the consolidation of a healthier and more sustainable agriculture.

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