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.

Agricultor indiano mostra diversidade em seu quintal

O agricultor Jayappa, do vilarejo de Dasaiahanadoddi, próximo de Bangalore, no sul da Índia, é um exemplo de policultor, que cultiva centenas de espécies medicinais, frutíferas, leguminosas e lenhosas, em seu quintal. Ele também mantém um minhocário, caixas de abelhas nativas e viveiros com centenas de mudas.

Em parceria com a natureza

A natureza é rica e abundante.

Policultor Chico mostra com muito orgulho campo de policultura,área que antes das práticas do projeto estava sendo tomada pela erosão.

The nature is rich and abundant.

"Policulturer" (Farmer who practices the policulture) Chico shows his policulture field very proudly. Before the practices of the project (Policultura no Semi-Árido), the area was being taken by the erosion.

Francisco em seu campo

Apicultura no semi-árido

FUMIGADOR

Serve para fazer fumaça para enganar as abelhas.

APICULTURE IN SEMI-ARID
SMOKER
Used to produce smoke, deceiving the bees.

Praticando Apicultura no semi-árido

Apicultura é a arte de criar abelhas:Veja alguns equipamentos necessário para esse trabalho.

COLMÉIA É onde fica a rainha , as crias e as operárias.

APICULTURE IN THE SEMI-ARID
Apiculture is the art of keeping bees. Take a look at some of the equipment needed for this activity. The HIVE is where we can find the queen, the eggs and the worker bees.

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.

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.

Agricultores criam cartilha sobre o sertão

Cartilha Um Novo Olhar

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Armazenamento de Sementes

Olá meu nome é Luiz Ribeiro, e vou mostrar para vocês uma forma de armazenamento de grãos e sementes : é facil , pratico e mantém as sementes com qualidade por muito mais tempo.

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.

Umbuzeiro, o símbolo do sertão

Olá gostaria de apresentar para vocês uma das maravilhas da nossa região semi-árida que eu aprendi a valorizar muito, e desejo que todos possam experimentar esse fruto saboroso um dia.

Hello, I would like to present a fruit called "umbu" which is the symbol of semiarid of Bahia, Brazil. The "umbu" produces every year, during one season and is very resistent to dry conditions. First we used to consume only the fruit but then we learned to prepare juice, jam and sweets of the "umbu". Now we have this fruit for the consumption of the family during the whole year, even when the tree is not producing.

Maracujina adaptada ao semi-árido

Policultor Reinaldo Batista, da comunidade de Umburaninha, município de Morro do Chapéu, apresenta um estaleiro de maracujina, fruta adaptada às condições climáticas do semi-árido.
"O chá da casca de maracujina e o próprio suco são bons para combater a insônia", recomenda. Para a planta se desenvolver bem é preciso fazer adubação orgânica no seu tronco. Até ela começar a subir no varal ou estaleiro, é preciso irrigar um dia sim e outro não, no final do dia. Depois disso, ela sustenta a molhação, que passará a ser de quatro ou de cinco em cinco dias.

The farmer Reinaldo Batista, from the community of Umburaninha, in Morro do Chapéu (Bahia, Brazil) practices policulture on his farm. He presents the passion fruit (Passiflora), which is adapted to semiarid conditions. “The infusion of the peel of the passion fruit and also the juice of the pulp are good to combat the insomnia (sleeplessness)”, he recommends. Mr. Reinaldo says that for the good development of the plant, it is necessary to put organic compost around its trunk. It is also necessary to irrigate it every two days till it begins to climb on the pole constructed with sticks where the branches and leaves will spread out. After this, the plant needs to be irrigated every four or five days only.

Projeto Sertão.Net inicia intercâmbio Brasil-Índia

Com uma videoconferência realizada hoje, 11 de fevereiro, em Cafarnaum, BA, o projeto Sertão.Net foi oficialmente inaugurado. Agricultores familiares baianos conversaram com técnicos e agricultores indianos sobre práticas sustentáveis de convivência com o semi-árido. Entre outras, foram citados vários tipos de adubação orgânica, além do uso de animais para aração e dos resíduos das colheitas para cobertura dos solos.

Esta região do semi-árido brasileiro (centro-norte da Bahia) e o norte do Estado de Karnataka, na Índia, têm em comum a baixa pluviosidade - média de 500 mm anuais, além dos solos férteis e da predominância da agricultura familiar.

Edenilton Alves de Souza, agricultor que atua como monitor do projeto Policultura no Semi-Árido, acredita que esta será uma ótima oportunidade para troca de conhecimentos e aprendizagem. Já o agricultor Airo Góes, se interessou pela prática relatada pelos indianos de uso da água do minhocário para fazer composto orgânico. Elizângela Souza, policultora do povoado de Lagoa do Gado, achou muito curioso o verdadeiro louvor que os colegas indianos têm pelas vacas, que, segundo disseram, são essenciais para a subsistência de um agricultor naquele país. Enquanto nesta região do Brasil somente os grandes fazendeiros têm condições de criar gado, na Índia, as vacas são passadas de geração em geração e, quando são vendidas, o valor é acessível para os pequenos agricultores (cerca de 500 reais).

O projeto Sertão.Net é uma iniciativa do Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia e da ong indiana POWER, em parceria com o Oi Futuro/Projeto Novos Brasis.

With a conference realized on February, 11th, in Cafarnaum (Bahia, Brazil) and Bijapur (Karnataka, Índia), the project Sertao.Net started officially. Small brazilian farmers talked to Indian farmers and technicians about sustainable practices for livelihood in the drylands. Among others were cited many types of organic fertilizers, besides the use of animals for plowing and use of residuous of different crops to cover the soil.

This region of brazilian dryland (the north of the state of Bahia) and the north of the state of Karnataka, in the south of India, have in common the rather scarce pluviosity – about 500 mm/year, the fertile soil and the predominance of family agriculture.

Edenilton Alves de Souza (Deni), farmer who works as monitor of the project Policulture in the Drylands, believes that this will be a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and learning. The farmer Airo Gois, has been interested in one of the practices cited by the Indian farmers to produce organic compost with vermiwater. Elizangela Souza (Liz), cultivates multicropping and was curious about the way the Indians treat the cows as part of their own family. “It is very different here, in Brazil, where we are used to eat meat”, she said.

The Indian farmers informed that there is no agriculture without cows there. “A farmer depends on the cows for many uses such as production of milk, manure, for plowing and other works”, said Dr. Balu Athani, consultant of the POWER who translated the conference from Kannada to English. They also discussed the cost of a cow in Brazil and in India. In India, the cows are part of the family and are passed through generations while in Brazil only the big farmers have conditions to maintain them. The small farmers have to buy the cow´s milk or rather use the goat´s milk.

The project Sertão.Net is an initiative from the NGOs Permaculture Institute of Bahia and Power, with the cooperation of Oi Futuro.

Seu Osmar (Cafarnaum,BA) fala das suas expectativas para a oficina de vídeo.

Sidney, Patricia e Deni fazem filmagem de animais na pista.

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preservação

Apesar da destruição ainda encontramos lugares agradáveis e bonitos.
A natureza deve ser preservada para que possamos ter uma vida saudavel.