Family farming, challenges and opportunities of Cooptarumã in the communities of Tarumã-Açu, Manaus, AM

Abstract

The article is the result of a survey with members of the Agroindustrial Cooperative of Producers from the Novo Paraíso and Frederico Veiga do Tarumã-Açu - Cooptarumã, Manaus, AM communities. The research analyzes the urbanization process in the city of Manaus, the dynamics of the municipality's rural space, the farming and income generation systems of its members, as well as the challenges and opportunities for farmers and the cooperative in the world. rural manauara. To achieve the objectives, a bibliographic search was carried out on articles, documents and other sources of information on the urbanization process, the urban/rural relationship and the economic dynamics, which resulted in the current Manaus (2020). Interviews were carried out with the cooperative's associated farmers in both communities. Among the challenges for the cooperative and farmers we can mention the difficulty of access to technologies and public policies of technical assistance and rural extension, credit, land tenure, the organization of the production of the members, the aggregation of value of the products and the feasibility of access to the products. markets. Understanding the transformations of the rural environment to convert them into opportunities, for the cooperative and farmers is another challenge, which allows organizing a set of products and services for the generation of non-agricultural income. As opportunities we can see the huge consumer market in Manaus, the possibility of forming networks of producers and consumers. The potential to generate income from non-agricultural activities is also another opportunity.