Impacts of conventional agriculture on soil, water and agricultural production processes: the necessary agroecological transition in paleodunar areas

Abstract

Agriculture, by its very nature and characteristics, exerts permanent pressure on natural resources, being one of the human activities that causes the most impacts and requires incessant human intervention. Agricultural production in Brazil has been degrading its floristic, edaphic and water resources, and the great challenge to be overcome is the realization of an agroecological transition, where sustainable practices are the basis of the production process, thus reducing the impacts on agrobiodiverse systems. In this sense, the research has the following issues: What are the impacts to natural environments [paleodunes] and societies caused by conventional agricultural practices? What are the paths and benefits that lead to the need to implement an agroecological transition? The objective was to analyze the main environmental impacts caused by conventional agricultural practices, as well as their effects on soil, water and agrobiodiversity, in order to understand the relevance of the agroecological transition. The target audience of the research consisted of riverside farmers who live in the vicinity of paleodune areas in the municipality of Casa Nova/BA, and for that, the dialectical method was used as a parameter, with a quali-quantitative approach, which is a basic research, but also bibliographical and field. The results found indicate the magnitude of not only environmental, but also social impacts, as well as the urgency of carrying out an agroecological transition, aiming to resolve sustainable agricultural practices and the use of remedial technologies, especially in paleodunar territories that present a high degree of environmental vulnerability. .