Questão agrária e a produção de alimentos em Ilha de Maré, Salvador - Bahia

Abstract

This work was built with the aim of presenting the challenges surrounding food production in Ilha de Maré, Salvador - Bahia, through the perspective of the participating public, in the context of the agrarian issue present in the traditional fishing communities and quilombolas of the island, with emphasis on the producers linked to the Association of Quilombolas, Rural Workers, Artisans, Fishermen and Shellfish Collectors of Praia Grande and Adjacencies (ATRAM). Through the techniques of participatory research and action research, actions were carried out to address the needs and difficulties of the association, to which we highlight the Participatory Rural Diagnosis. Also discussed are issues involving land infrastructure, absence of public policies, history of invisibility, contradictions and disputes that occur in the region, where the natural resources that involve the production of food such as banana jam in the straw of Ilha de Maré, the practices of fishing, shellfishing, plant extraction and agriculture that are the basis of the local economy. Through this training activities, workshops and experience dialogues were developed, in addition to carrying out analyzes and implementing improvements for the production of banana jam. The results obtained were: the understanding of how the agrarian question materializes on the Island of Maré and the consequences in the production of food in the place, within the scope of the Association and the production of banana jam, we highlight: the development of the visual identity, the table of nutritional information, associative management and the analysis of the physical-chemical parameters that will influence the value of the product and commercialization