Sistemas agrícolas multifuncionais: análise da percepção de diferentes agricultores sobre a contribuição dos sistemas produtivos como vetor de conservação

This paper aimed to register the adoption of agroforestry systems (SAF) by two family farmersat Sao Jose da Boa Morte (Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ) which were seeking water availabilityand regularization on their properties. The SAFs had the same composition in 2009. However,after 5 years, different strategies based on their conceptions about the SAF’s potential to integratetheir activities were found. Both consider the purpose of water regularization achieved,but only the farmer who used the system on income generation, sees the SAF as a multifunctionalsystem, regulating the water and increasing income, expanded the area 4 fold. Thefarmer who sees the system just as environmental feature has not extended it, even aware ofits benefits. This study points the need for a participatory design of agroforestry systems, integratedwith the farmer’s realities, when taking forward a process of agro-ecological transitionand sustainable agricultural landscapes.