Bio-diversity

Implementation of 2 agroecological units based on capacity-building activities on native fruit and riparian wood management product processing and commercialization is the goal of this project. Furthermore, alternative energy sources will be used in the implementation of gardens in the homes of the community members. This will take place in the municipality of Buritis, state of Minas Gerais. A plant nursery will also be installed for production of native Cerrado riparian wood specimens such as pequi, baru, and cagaita. Water wheels and photovoltaic cells are the alternative energy sources planned. The agroecological units will produce garden vegetables, oil-yielding plants, and native Cerrado fruit. They will be installed in two different agrarian reform settlements. Changes to the conventional farming methods are sought, justifying the installation of plant nursery-schools.

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