PRÁTICA DA CULTURA DA QUEIMA NAS ATIVIDADES AGROPECUÁRIAS E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES NO ESTADO DO TOCANTINS

Abstract

Descriptive analytical study with a quantitative approach, with the objective of analyzing the practice of the culture of burning in agricultural activities and its implications in the State of Tocantins. For that purpose, the search for burn data in the state of Tocantins was carried out through the Burn Database on the website of the National Institute for Space Research, afterwards the data were tabulated, expressed through graphics with the aid of the Excel® software and finally , discussed. The data reinforce that the use of fire by human beings in agricultural activities is a practice that resists generations and generates negative impacts. Fires are a predominantly growing problem in Tocantins. . The months of August, September and October comprise the period with the highest occurrence of fires. Therefore, we can affirm that burning is a persistent and growing practice in the culture of agriculture in Brazil. With a view to increasing fires, associated with its potential to generate harmful effects in the most diverse aspects to man, it is important to work intensively to adopt less harmful techniques. Although there are apparently not so successful interventions, justified by the increasing number of outbreaks of burning, perhaps it would be necessary to intervene in a formal education that contributes to changes in the habits of the population in order to change the panorama of fires in the country.

Keywords

• culture
• burned
• tocantins