segunda-feira, 27 de julho de 2009
6ª Vídeoconferencia de Cafarnaum - Ba - Parte 1
do semi-árido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Cafarnaum - BA , 11/07/2009
Tema: Uso da água no semi-árido
sexta-feira, 24 de julho de 2009
6ª Vídeoconferencia de Cafarnaum - Ba - Parte 2
do semi-árido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Cafarnaum - BA, 11/07/2009
Tema: Uso da água no semi-árido
terça-feira, 21 de julho de 2009
7ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA 10/07/2009 Parte 02
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
7ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA
10/07/2009
Tema:
Uso da água no semiárido
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e OI FUTURO
7ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA Parte 01
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
7ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA
10/07/2009
Tema:
Uso da água no semiárido
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e OI FUTURO
Irrigação com vasos de detergente
Irrigation reusing detergent bottles
Sidney (one of the farmers from Cafarnaum) Presents: A simple way to irrigate.
Materials you need: plastic bottles (detergent in this example), pipes, "T" pipe for connection, etc.
How to build the irrigation system: you will see in the following images.
Picture 3 shows the 4 plastic bottles, the pipes and the "T" connections that will be used.
Picture 4: cut pieces with 40 cm of a 20-inch pipe
Picture 6: introduce a 10cm pipe in each "T" connection and each 40cm pipe in each T
Picture 8: introduce each 10cm pipe in each bottle
Picture 10: introduce some 40cm wood sticks in the soil
Picture 11: tie the "system" to the sticks
Picture 13: connect a pipe or a rubber hose (water source) to the system. Let the water flow into the system turning the faucet.
Picture 15: use a needle to bore small holes in the plastic bottle (in the side you wish to irrigate)
Picture 20: when it is wet, you can start marking the area you will have your horticulture
sexta-feira, 17 de julho de 2009
Cisternas garantem água para consumo o ano inteiro
Cisterns warrant water for human consumption all year long
Este vídeo realizado pelos técnicos agrícolas Marcos Xirle e Ariel Reis, que participam do projeto Sertão.Net, foi filmado no povoado de Caldeirão, município de Mulungu do Morro (BA). Agradecemos às famílias dos agricultores que permitiram a filmagem.
This video was mad by the agriculture technicians Marcos Xirle and Ariel Reis, who participate on Projeto Sertão.Net. It was recorded in the village of Caldeirão, municipality of Mulungu do Morro, Bahia, Brazil. We thank the families that allowed us to produce this video.
THE VIDEO IS IN PORTUGUESE. A SIMILAR EXPLANATION ON HOW TO BUILD A CISTERN CAN BE FOUND IN http://blogs.mcc.org/vep/joelkreh/index.php?title=construction_of_a_cistern&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Cisternas
A cisterna é uma tecnologia popular para a captação de água da chuva e representa uma solução de acesso a recursos hídricos para a população rural do semi-árido brasileiro. Elas são destinadas à população rural de baixa renda que sofre com os efeitos das secas prolongadas, que chegam a durar oito meses do ano. Nesse período, o acesso à água normalmente ocorre por meio de barreiros, açudes e poços que ficam a grandes distâncias e possuem água de baixa ou baixíssima qualidade, provocando várias doenças e enfermidades nas populações que se vêem obrigadas a consumir água proveniente dessas fontes. (texto do site da Articulação do Semiárido Brasileiro - ASA - http://www.asabrasil.org.br/ ).
No semiárido brasileiro, o Programa 1 milhão de Cisternas, realizado pelo governo federal em parceria com a ASA e com convênios com governos estaduais e municipais, vem apoiando a construção de cisternas para famílias de baixa renda, realizando a mobilização e a capacitação delas para gerir recursos hídricos e promovendo sua formação para a convivência com o semiárido.
Cisterns
The cistern is a popular technology for rainwater collection and represents a solution for water resources access to the rural population of Brazilian semi-arid region. They are made for the rural low income population that suffers with the effects of the long droughts, that last up to eight months. In this period the access to water is through wells that are far from the houses and the water quality is very poor many times, causing diseases to people. (texto from Articulação do Semiárido Brasileiro - ASA - http://www.asabrasil.org.br/ ).
In Brazilian Semi-arid region, the program 1 million of cisterns, run by the federal government in partnership with ASA and contracts with state and municipal governments, has supported the construction of cisterns to low-income families, mobilizing and training the families in order to manage water sources and promoting their training for living in the semi-arid. (Ministry of Social Development - MDS)
sexta-feira, 26 de junho de 2009
4ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA (Parte 01)
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
4ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte 01)
24/04/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
4ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA (Parte - 02 Final)
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
4ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte - 02 Final)
24/04/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
6ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA (Parte 01)
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte 01)
12/06/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
6ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA (Parte - 02)
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte - 02)
12/06/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
6ª Videoconferência Umburanas - BA (Parte 03)
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte 03)
12/06/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
6ª Videoconferência Umburanas Parte 4 Final
Intercâmbio virtual entre agricultores
do semiárido da Bahia e da Índia
6ª Videoconferência
Umburanas - BA (Parte - 04 Final)
12/06/2009
INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA DA BAHIA e Oi FUTURO
sábado, 20 de junho de 2009
sexta-feira, 19 de junho de 2009
sábado, 23 de maio de 2009
Campo de palma na recuperação do solo
Filmado por Marcos Xirle
Povoado de Lagoa de Agostinho
Municipio de Cafarnaum - Ba
Recorded by Marcos Xirle
Village of Lagoa de Agostinho
Municipality of Cafarnaum - Bahia
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. - FIGO-DA-ÍNDIA
Nome científico: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Família: Cactaceae.
Sinônimos botânicos: Cactus chinensis Roxb., Cactus decumanus Willd., Cactus ficus-indica L., Opuntia chinensis K. Koch, Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw., Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck.
Outros nomes populares: cacto, figueira-da-barbária, figueira-da-índia, figueira-do-diabo, figueira-do-inferno, palma-forrageira, palma, tuna. Mission cactus e yellow tuna (inglês), tuna de campo (espanhol), figue de barbarie e nopal (francês), ficodindia (italiano).
Constituintes químicos: carboidratos, proteínas, vitaminas A, B1 e B12; a polpa dos frutos contém 47% de água, 37% de substâncias glicogênicas, 7% de proteínas, 6% de sementes, 0,8% de cinzas, 0,02% de lipídeos, substâncias pécticas, sacarínicas, nitrogenadas solúveis e insolúveis e gomosas; os artículos contém glicosídeos, gomas, sais solúveis, albuminóides, resinas.
Propriedades medicinais: adstringente, antiasmática, antidiarréica, antiescorbútico, antiprostática, anti-reumático, antitussígena, cardiotônica, colagoga, digestiva, diurética, emoliente, estimulante medular, hidratante, hipoglicêmica, maturativa, mucilaginosa, sedativa, vermífuga.
Indicações: afecção das vias respiratórias, angina, asma, circulação, coqueluche, diabete, diarréia, disenteria, doença cardíaca, dor reumática, febre gástrica biliosa, fígado, limpeza de pele, tônica para pele seca, tosse, tumor benigno da próstata, úlcera, vermes.
Parte utilizada: frutos, artículos.
Contra-indicações/cuidados: não encontrados na literatura consultada.
Modo de usar:
- infusão: 1 colher das de sopa de flores em ¼ de litro de água quente. Abafar. Aguardar esfriar, adoçar com mel. Tomar 2 xícaras ao dia. Utilizar o mesmo também para tratamento da pele.
- cladódios na forma de cataplasmas: maturativo, emoliente, hidratante.
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. - INDIAN FIG
Scientific Name: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Family: Cactaceae.
Botanic Synonyms: Cactus chinensis Roxb., Cactus decumanus Willd., Cactus ficus-indica L., Opuntia chinensis K. Koch, Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw., Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck.
Other popular names: Mission cactus and yellow tuna.
Chemical properties: carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins A, B1 e B12; fruit pulp has 47% of water, 37% of glicogenic substances, 7% of proteins, 6% of seeds, 0,8% of ashes, 0,02% of lipídeos, peptic substances.
Medical properties: astringent, anti-asthmatic, anti-diarrheic, anti-scorbutic, anti-prostatic, anti-rheumatic, digestive, diuretic, hydractive.
Indications: asthma, blood system, diabetis, diarrhea, liver, clean skin.
Caution: not found in the literature.
How to use:
- infusion: 1 spoon of flowers in 250ml of hot water. Wait until it gets cool and add honey. Drink 2 cups a day. Also used for skin treatment.
sexta-feira, 15 de maio de 2009
5ª Videoconferência Umburanas-BA
5ª Videoconferência em Umburanas - BA.
08 de Março de 2009.
Ponto de Apoio Instituto Permacultura da Bahia.
Joaria Bispo.
sexta-feira, 8 de maio de 2009
2º FESTIVAL DA JUVENTUDE EM QUIXADÁ,CE
SECOND YOUTH FESTIVAL, April 30th - May 3rd, in QUIXADÁ, STATE OF CEARÁ.
(English below)
DESENVOLVIMENTO JUVENIL NO NORDESTE.
Chegamos dia 29 de abril. Como o evento não tinha começado ainda, conhecemos um pouco da cidade onde seria realizado o festival. Andamos nos comércios e no teatro, onde tem filmes da cidade e de personagens locais. Assistimos o filme “profetas da chuva”, que é um documentário de alguns agricultores falando de experiências com a chuva. Como por exemplo de que maneira eles previam se naquele ano teria chuva, baseado em elementos da natureza, como formigueiros,cupinzeiros, sinais no céu e nas plantas.
Achei muito interessante e fiquei muito emocionado, pois agricultores “ignorantes” são capazes de viver um personagem que na verdade era tudo muito real.
Imaginei quantos filmes podemos fazer com tudo isso que temos (personagens, elementos, equipamentos e muita criatividade).
O evento teve várias câmaras temáticas. Participei de uma cujo tema foi juventude e meio ambiente, onde um representante de cada estado comentava sobre a realidade de cada um, para no final, em uma praça lotada de jovens, socializar com todos participantes do evento.
Aproveitei o momento para falar das nossas experiências na área; o que estamos fazendo, para que estamos fazendo, nossas dificuldades, sem esquecer das potencialidades que temos aqui na Bahia e em toda a região nordeste.
Achei interessante quando um jovem de Pernambuco falou que é sozinho com a mãe e sentia vergonha de ser agricultor e hoje sente orgulho de ser trabalhador rural. Ele disse ter começado com pequenas hortas e conseguiu comprar materiais e pagar estudos com essas hortas. Fiquei muito feliz por ver que tem muita gente que luta por um mundo mais justo e um meio ambiente mais saudável. Muitos jovens estavam ali defendendo e levando novas propostas inovadoras.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHEAST
We arrive on April 29th. Since the event hadn't started yet, we walk around the city where the festival would take place. We saw stores and the theater, where city movies and local characters are shown. We watched the movie "Rain Prophets", a documentary on some farmers talking about experiences related to the rain. For example, the way they could predict that no rain would fall in a certain day, based on nature elements such as anthill, white anthill, signs in the sky and the plants.
I thought that was very interesting and got touched, because farmers who did not attend school could play a role and, to tell the truth, everything was very real. I wondered the amount of movies we can make will everything we have (characters, elements, equipments and a lot of creativity).
Sertão.Net presente no 2º Festival da Juventude Nordestina
Sertão.Net was present in the 22nd Northeastern Youth Festival (in Brazil)
Juscerlando Martins and Joaria Gama, two young participants of Sertão.Net from Bahian semi-arid represented the project showing their activities during the 2nd Northeatern Youth Festival, that took place between April 30th and May 3rd in the city of Quixadá, in the state of Ceará.
quarta-feira, 6 de maio de 2009
As mil e uma utilidades do Mandacaru
Seu fruto é bastante consumido no campo, embora ainda seja relativamente desconhecido nos centros urbanos. Segundo pesquisadores da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, tem cerca de 5% de proteína e sua composição nutricional o torna uma alternativa alimentar muito saudável.
Ele também é usado para alimentar os animais, após a retirada dos espinhos.
A Thousand and One Utilities of "Mandacaru"
Pleated Cereus (Cereus Jamacaru), know as "mandacaru" in Brazil, is one of the feature species in Brazilian Northeast. It is a cactus that can reach up to 3 meters tall and its trunk can supply up to 30 cm of wood.
It's fruit is quite consummed in the countryside, although it is quite unknown in the cities. According to researchers from Federal University of Paraíba, it has about 5% of protein and its nutritional facts makes it a healthy food alternative.
It is also used to feed animals, after removing its thorns.
Video text below
This is the fodder house. We will show how we mill "mandacaru". (It is an easy plant to mantain in the land, since the animal don't eat it because of its thorns.) It has lots of protein. The cattle like to eat it. We remove the thorns, mill in the machine and mix with something else (corn, other grains) to produce fodder for the animals.
quinta-feira, 30 de abril de 2009
3a Videoconferência - Cafarnaum - Parte 2
3rd video-conference - Cafarnaum - Part 2
Patricia (Project coordinator – wearing a green t-shirt): This farmer has been working with them (Power) for 10 years. He has 5 acres of land and has a lot of experience in the semi-arid.
Mr. Siddu (staff of Power – Indian NGO): He asked about the season, when you start sowing. And what kind of crops do you grow.
Elisangela (farmer – wearing a blue blouse): Corn, beans, castor, sorghum…
Alan (translator – wearing a green t-shirt): This is custered apple’s seeds.
Antonio (farmer – wearing a white polo shirt): We are explaining how we store the seeds in our community. This seed can be the target for many insects. One way is to use chemical products, but this is not good for human health. So, re-using these bottles that would be rejected and pollute our environment, we re-use it to store the seeds. Mr. Osmar (farmer – wearing a green shirt and hat) is showing other soda bottles with seeds. You have to fill the bottle with seeds and tap it tightly. The science is here. You have to tap very tightly.
Airo (farmer – wearing a yellow/green shirt): The technique to take out the air is the key. Once you took out all the air, no insects will attack.
Ariel (technician at IPB, Brazilian NGO – green t-shirt): Besides the plastic bottles, farmers also use 200 liters recipients made of plastic or zinc. When there is not enough seed to fill the recipient, they use the candle technique. They put all the seeds that have to be stored inside the recipient, then light a candle inside it as well and finally close it. When the fire of the candle consumes all the oxygen inside the recipient, the problem of insects attacks is solved, since there is no oxygen for their survival. The candle stays inside the recipient. If you try to take it out, oxygen will go in again, which is not desired. So, the candle stays there.
Jurandir (farmer – white t-shirt) shows the process used in order to fill the bottles with the least air possible inside. You have to fill the bottle a little with seeds and beat it in any surface, then put some more and beat again, and again, until it is completely filled out. Then you tap it tightly.
Patricia: He said that the government sometimes provide certified seeds. The government pays 75% of the cost and the farmers have to pay 25%. This is only for small farmers. For those who have up to 5 acres of land.
3ª Videoconferência - Cafarnaum - Parte 1
3rd video-conference - Cafarnaum - Part 1
Patricia (Project coordinator – wearing a green t-shirt): Today’s theme is commercialization.
Patricia: The central Indian government fixes the prices of the season’s products. They also different federations that sell different products. In that season’s harvest, the government establishes the price for those products. Each federation specializes itself in a product or a group of products. It’s like Marcos mentioned in the case of Coopaf, that it is becoming more specialized in the commerce of oil seeds.
Patricia: They harvest peanuts, corn, onion, aubergine, ladies’ fingers…
Alan (translator – wearing a green t-shirt): They have a federation and, the main difference to us is that they government establishes the prices.
Marcos (technician from a cooperative – wearing a whit t-shirt): I would like to know if the farmers are subsidized. Whether the governments help the farmers or not. Because there has been a proposal here, not a government’s proposal, but farmers’. The proposal was that the government should invest in the small farmer with a condition. If the small farmer produces well, s/he has the obligation of selling the production to the government in order to produce biofuels. On the other hand, if he had a bad harvest, as it happened this year, s/he would be subsidized with the amount he borrowed to plant. I would like to know whether this process happens there.
Patricia: The kind of the subsidize they have is through seed distribution. They have branches of the State Agriculture Department spread all over. These branches take care of the seed distribution. But they have also explained before that if the farmers lose their harvest, the government pays “the day” for the farmers, a kind of insurance. It is quite little money, but at least they can sustain themselves.
Alan: Mr. Siddu (staff of Power – Indian NGO) reminds us that “the day”, paid by the government, happens during the off-season.
Marcos: In our region, the farmer only plant once a year. S/he plants in November with the prevision of harvesting in February. If s/he loses the harvest completely, EBDA (kind of State Agriculture Department) agents visit the farmer`s property and if it is seen that the production lost was more than 90%, the farmer receives the money of harvest insurance. The farmers receives a total of about US$ 240,00 divided in 5 monthly installments.
Marcos: In order to be insured, the person has to prove s/he is a small farmer. He applies, filling out a form. If s/he is approved, he can opt for being insured. S/he pays an unique fee of about US$ 2,40 for the year s/he wants to be insured. The municipality pays, for each farmer, a fee of about US$ 7,20.
Alan: He was explaining that there is a small bank, a medium bank (in the regional level) and a large bank (in the national level).
Patricia: It is a bank like a credit cooperative that lends to the farmers. The Directory of this credit cooperative (bank) is elected by the farmers. They define the credit policies, how it should be or not. Each season, the farmer pays between 30 and 40 rupies (about US$ 0,90) for each product they plant. Sorghum, for example, for each acre of land planted with sorghum, the farmer will pay 40 rupies. If the harvest is lost, they receive about US$ 17,40 per acre.
Alan: Mr. Siddu said he will invite one of the two senior farmers that are participating on the conference today.
sábado, 25 de abril de 2009
Agricultor indiano mostra diversidade em seu quintal
quinta-feira, 16 de abril de 2009
Em parceria com a natureza
quarta-feira, 8 de abril de 2009
terça-feira, 7 de abril de 2009
quarta-feira, 1 de abril de 2009
Plantando Gergelim no semi-árido
PLANTANDO GERGELIM NO SEMI-ÁRIDO: Por Josivaldo
PLANTING SESAME IN THE SEMI-ARID
Sesame is a plant that resists to the drought very well. We plant sesame using manure. We sieve the manure, mix with the sesame seeds and put in the “planting machine”. Then we plant when we are planting the beans. The sesame is very resistant. Even when the weather is dry, it still resists. As you can see, only the sesame and the castor are alive. The two kinds of beans we planted here died.
When harvesting the sesame, you cannot have bundles bigger than these. This is a good size. It cannot lie on the ground like this one. And the place it is here… it is not a good one because it is in contact with the floor. It is better to lay something under the bundles. Otherwise, when you beat on the canvas (or plastic piece), it is mixed with soil.
sexta-feira, 27 de março de 2009
UMBU: Vamos aprender a aproveitar essa riqueza do sertão
Oficina de processamento na comunidade de Barriguda dos Limas, município de Umburanas.
Processing course in Barriguda dos Limas Community, municipality of Umburanas.
UMBU: Let’s learn how to benefit from this richness of the “sertão”
We are processing umbu and we are using this equipment called pulp extractor. It extracts the pulp from the fruit much quicker and better (than we did before, without it). With this pulp, we do many sub-products. We produce juice or even the “umbuzada”, a mix of umbu pulp, milk and honey (or sugar).
Umbu is a native fruit from our region. We are privileged of having it here. The idea is to benefit from its abundance in our region and add value to it.
UMBU – rich in Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium, Proteins, Phosphorus, Vitamin A and Vitamin B1.
quinta-feira, 19 de março de 2009
terça-feira, 10 de março de 2009
Armazenamento de Sementes
Hello, my name is Luiz Ribeiro and I am going to show you an easy and practical way to store grains and seeds with quality for a long period.

