Agroecologia, movimento de transformação e transição de práticas: princípios agroecológicos para além da produção

Abstract

Considering the multidimensionality of agroecology (political, pedagogical, productive and social dimensions), from the perspective of building knowledge from territories, camps, settlements, quilombola communities and peripheries, I present this work, in the form of a memorial, to describe my trajectory in Bachelor's degree in Agroecology from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). It is organized into three parts, plus final considerations. In the first part I talk about myself, my origins until the arrival of a black man, son of a landless peasant, militant of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), at the public university, on an undergraduate course. Then, in the second part of this memorial, I describe the main learnings and challenges experienced over these four years, in which we studied the structuring axes of the course: Knowing, diagnosing and planning, acting; and evaluate and systematize in the ethnoagroecosystem. In the third part I delve deeper into specific themes, seeking to link agroecology with agrarian reform and associations/cooperativism. These choices were made due to my militant experience in MST settlements and camps, but also due to the internships experienced throughout the course. Finally, I bring final considerations, emphasizing my role as an agroecologist in the world, highlighting potentialities and limitations for my future work. To write this memorial, I reviewed notes made throughout the course, in the study of different themes, territorial and semester immersion reports, as well as those from the Mandatory Supervised Internships (ESOs). Here there is a recovery of the memory of a hopeful professional, who believes in agroecology, agrarian reform and cooperativism to transform the world.