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Implantação da Agricultura Sintrópica na Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra – ESAC
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O Sistema agroflorestal (SAF) ou Agricultura Sintrópica (AS) caracteriza-se pelo cultivo,
na mesma área, de uma ampla diversidade de espécies, combinadas de forma sinérgica e
sincronizadas em seus ciclos produtivos de forma a otimizar a relação tempo/espaço, ou
seja, o melhor aproveitamento da estratificação vegetal e seus respetivos ciclos. Plantas
hortícolas, ornamentais, condimentares, gramíneas, fruteiras e espécies florestais
convivem simultaneamente de forma harmoniosa, interagindo entre si, com função
ecológica e económica. Cada cultura é instalada de acordo com as suas caraterísticas:
porte (altura, tipo de copa, distância entre plantas), e exigências culturais ao longo do seu
ciclo de desenvolvimento (necessidade de luz, água e nutrição) sendo estes aspetos
cuidadosamente tidos em consideração no planeamento do sistema. Tendo por objetivo
divulgar a AS em Portugal e, em particular, na Região Centro, iniciou se a instalação de
um campo de demonstração/experimentação em AS na Escola Superior Agrária de
Coimbra (ESAC) na área certificada em Agricultura Biológica (AB), com culturas com
potencial agronómico e adaptadas às condições climáticas locais, consociadas de forma
criteriosa e harmoniosa. Com a comprovação da eficácia produtiva deste sistema
biológico de produção em terras portuguesas, a ESAC disporá de instrumentos
pedagógicos e científicos que poderão servir de base à elaboração de propostas de
estratégias produtivas sustentáveis, não só para a recuperação de solos incultos mas,
também, para a recuperação de áreas ardidas a nível regional e nacional (em 2017, os
incêndios dizimaram mais de 442 mil hectares de superfície agrícola e florestal), pela
participação na recomposição florística destas áreas. O aumento do conhecimento deste
sistema produtivo promovendo a sua aceitação por parte de diversos públicos poderá,
também, colaborar no desenvolvimento dos territórios através do surgimento de
alternativas para as populações locais.
Palavras-chave: Sistemas Agroflorestais; Sucessão; Desenvolvimento; Território
The Agroforestry System (AS) or Syntropic Agriculture (SA) is characterized by the cultivation, in the same area, of a wide diversity of species, combined in a synergic form and synchronized in their productive cycles in order to optimize the relation time/space; in other words, the best utilisation of vegetal stratification and its respective cycles. Horticultural plants, ornamental plants, condiments, grasses, fruit trees and forest species coexist simultaneously, in harmony and interacting with each other with ecological and economic function. Each crop is installed in accordance with its characteristics: size (height, type of treetop, distance between plants), and cultural requirements throughout its development cycle (necessity of light, water and nutrition), being these aspects carefully taken into consideration in the planning system. With the aim of promoting AS in Portugal and, in particular, in the Região do Centro (Centro Region), the installation of a demonstration/experimentation camp in AS in the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC) in the area certified in Biological Agriculture (BA) has put into place, with crops of agronomical potential and adapted to local climate conditions, carefully and harmoniously combined. With confirmation of the productive efficacy of this biological production system in Portuguese lands, the ESAC will have pedagogical and scientific instruments that will be able to serve as basis to the elaboration of sustainable productive strategies proposals, not only for the recuperation of uncultivated soils but, also, for the recuperation of burned areas in the regional and national levels (in 2017, the fires decimated more than 442 thousand hectares of agricultural and forest surface), with participation in the floristic restoration of these areas. The increase of knowledge of this productive system, promoting its acceptance by different publics, may, also, contribute to the development of territories through the emergence of alternatives to local populations. Key words: Agroforestry systems; Succession; Development; Territory
The Agroforestry System (AS) or Syntropic Agriculture (SA) is characterized by the cultivation, in the same area, of a wide diversity of species, combined in a synergic form and synchronized in their productive cycles in order to optimize the relation time/space; in other words, the best utilisation of vegetal stratification and its respective cycles. Horticultural plants, ornamental plants, condiments, grasses, fruit trees and forest species coexist simultaneously, in harmony and interacting with each other with ecological and economic function. Each crop is installed in accordance with its characteristics: size (height, type of treetop, distance between plants), and cultural requirements throughout its development cycle (necessity of light, water and nutrition), being these aspects carefully taken into consideration in the planning system. With the aim of promoting AS in Portugal and, in particular, in the Região do Centro (Centro Region), the installation of a demonstration/experimentation camp in AS in the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC) in the area certified in Biological Agriculture (BA) has put into place, with crops of agronomical potential and adapted to local climate conditions, carefully and harmoniously combined. With confirmation of the productive efficacy of this biological production system in Portuguese lands, the ESAC will have pedagogical and scientific instruments that will be able to serve as basis to the elaboration of sustainable productive strategies proposals, not only for the recuperation of uncultivated soils but, also, for the recuperation of burned areas in the regional and national levels (in 2017, the fires decimated more than 442 thousand hectares of agricultural and forest surface), with participation in the floristic restoration of these areas. The increase of knowledge of this productive system, promoting its acceptance by different publics, may, also, contribute to the development of territories through the emergence of alternatives to local populations. Key words: Agroforestry systems; Succession; Development; Territory
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Sistemas Agroflorestais Sucessão Desenvolvimento Território