IMPLANTAÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIAS AGRÍCOLAS DE BAIXO CARBONO NA CAATINGA: PROJETO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL CAATINGA

Low Carbon Agricultural Technologies (LCATs) are based on integrated systems, capable of recovering soil productivity, improving ecosystems and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for climate change. LCATs are recommended as a solution for large production systems in Brazilian biomes. This work presents the implementation path of LCATs in the Caatinga, through the actions of the Sustainable Rural Project (PRS) Caatinga. Five PRS Caatinga documents were evaluated, with results of the research displayed in a mental map and an analysis of the Project's Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) was carried out. The PRS Caatinga showed that it is possible to implement LCAT in this biome, considering traditional knowledge, with adaptations aimed at its productive abilities. LCATech were enhanced by Social Technologies for Living with the Semi-Arid (TS-CSA) and the Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems (ICLFS) was the most suitable for the Caatinga. The uniqueness of the PRS Caatinga was the combination of several actions together to implement LCAT: the TS-CSA and the strengthening of Technical Assistance for Rural Extension (ATER) and Cooperativism, which are individual public policies. The Project’s action promoted the inclusion of the Caatinga biome in the Climate Change Adaptation Agenda.