Pastoreio Racional Voisin como ferramenta de educação ambiental em pequenas propriedades rurais

Abstract

The agricultural sector has been going through major changes since the second half of last century and certainly the dairy cattle is included in this issue. The environmental aggression linked to pastoral activity, and its reflexes in the Middle, it is not always perceived by farmers. The Rural extension and its relationship with the household production are of fundamental importance for that production systems are kept in a more sustainable, promoting the improvement of the quality of life of rural families and the dynamic little aggressive to the environment. In areas where environmental degradation is mainly caused by anthropogenic activities, developing environmental education activities necessary for recovery work and education with the actors involved. The system of Rational Grazing Voisin as tool of environmental education is an alternative to rural families to replace conventional production practices for a sustainable pasture management and easy replication. The methodology adopted for the implementation of this work went through qualitative research with interview structured way with a group of farmers who reside within the municipality of Bandeirante – SC and adopted the system of Rational Grazing Voisin as an alternative to dairy production. Exhorting the think encyclopedia of actors on the topic, and you can see the viability of present rural families grazing system to demonstrate that it is feasible to intensify production of milk combined with preservation of the environment.