A FERTILIDADE DO SOLO E CONSEQUENTE CAPACIDADE AGRÍCOLA DAS ÁREAS PRODUTIVAS DA HORTA POVO UNIDO EM JUAZEIRO/BA.

Abstract

Soil salinization has been the subject of several scientific studies, especially when population growth has supposedly created the need for increased production areas. At a time when environmental issues related to the clearing of new agricultural areas have been socially questioned, preserving the arable areas is an urgent task, therefore, it is necessary to know the soil characteristics of these areas, and the levels of their nutrients and how agricultural practices have been carried out. Horta Povo Unido has been exploiting for 32 years an area of 3 ha in the urban area of Juazeiro/BA, which has provided economic sustenance and nutritional nutrition for 117 families, in their flower beds. To understand what is happening in these areas, how the techniques and managements developed by the farmers may be degrading or compromising the structure and fertility of the soil is that this research work was developed, with the perspective that the diagnosis of the process may foster these workers. the adoption of practices that may recover the agricultural capacity of the areas, ensuring their source of livelihood.