O conhecimento local e a etnopedologia no estudo dos agroecossistemas da Comunidade Quilombola de Brejo dos Crioulos / Local knowledge and ethnopedology the study of agroecosystems maroon community of Brejo dos Crioulos (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Abstract

This work sought to identify, rescue and value the traditional knowledge about soil and environment, establishing a relationship of this knowledge with scientific knowledge of academic slant. To this end, it was the stratification of the environment of the marron territory of Brejo dos Crioulos, based on local criteria and pedological conventional method, considering the soil and its interface with other environmental components. Associated with the characterization of agroecosystems, with interpretation and recognition of the logic of traditional knowledge use and management of natural resources, by contacting the maroons recognize the best time (time), the environment (soil, moisture, microclimate), the species and variety, combining activities, and casting a set of practices that allow the survival of their families. The community of Brejo dos Crioulos dominates its own system of stratification of environments, whose identity enables comprehensive reference to scientific knowledge and articulation academic. The construction of identification keys of environments based on the criteria of the maroons, combined with information obtained based on local knowledge, to deepen the characterization of environments and mapping of soils contributed to a better understanding of the strategies of agrifood maroon, achieving results that can support planning processes and definitions of public policies for sustainable land use territory of maroon.

Keywords

• environmental stratification; agroecosystems; traditional knowledge.