Aspectos ambientais na agricultura familiar no Assentamento Concórdia, São Lourenço da Mata, PE

Abstract

The misuse of pesticides is identified as a risk factor for human and environmental health, the inappropriate use of which is one of the main factors that generate degrading actions. Public health in the Brazilian rural environment is a broad field of study that enables the construction of socio-environmental perspectives and especially the evident need to raise awareness of the agroecological productive chain and the insertion of awareness about the use of pesticides in rural areas on an agroecological scale. The present work sought to evaluate the levels of environmental contamination caused by the use of pesticides in the region with the highest production of leafy vegetables in the State of Pernambuco, focusing on proving the non-use of pesticides aimed at food safety in food production in the Concórdia settlement. . The objectives of this work were the following: to evaluate the presence of pesticides in specimen of sweet potato, lettuce and cucumber. Evaluate the presence of pesticides in a soil sample from planting sweet potatoes, lettuce and cucumber and evaluate the microbiological quality of the water in the settlement. The study site was the Concórdia settlement, located in the municipality of São Lourenço da Mata - PE. The methodology adopted for the detection of pesticides was the Multiresidue Method, which determined approximately 510 active principles for each sample of soil or leafy vegetables. A total of 6 vegetable and soil samples were the results, as well as the water samples for the microbiological consumption pattern

determined by the Quantitative Assay of Escherichia coli by the NMP method Quanti- tray/2000 Idexx ®) using Colilert 18 - Enzyme Substrate Coliform Test. No active ingredients

for pesticides were found in the soil and vegetables. In the water there was the presence of total coliforms. This scenario reflects the lack of dissemination of the appropriate environmental technique for the use of water resources in the settlement. In this way, two booklets, product of this work, have the function, from the results, to guide through reading and understanding the good practices of food production and use of water resources for the reality of the dimension of the environment, aiming at food security and environmental development make rural settlement