Diversitas Journal (Feb 2021)

Productive Diagnosis of the Irrigated Perimeter in the Municipality of Senador Rui Palmeira, Alagoas

  • Luiz Márcio Tavares da Silva,
  • Lenivaldo Manoel de Melo,
  • Magna Palmeira do Nascimento Tavares

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17648/diversitas-journal-v6i1-1703
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1786 – 1793

Abstract

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This work has as main objective to evaluate the productive behavior of the irrigated perimeter in the city of Senador Rui Palmeira-AL. It is an exploratory field research with quantitative treatment. A questionnaire was applied to 20 producers in the communities of Quiribas, Bonito, Lage Grande and Branquinha. All of these communities are supplied by water from the sertão channel. Such questionnaire was applied in three moments of research. The first moment was in the month of January 2017, the second moment was in the month of August 2018 and the third and last moment was in the month of March 2019. The results revealed that 65% of the interviewees are of low income and have agriculture its main source of income, reaching 75% of the total. However, with the availability of water in these regions, the existing crops have ceased to be just beans and corn and have become part of the group of vegetables, fruits and in addition to other varieties.

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