ESTUDO DE CASOS DE DOIS AGRUPAMENTOS DE AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES PARA PRODUÇÃO DE PEIXES EM TANQUE-REDE.

Abstract

The steadily increasing world population forces the man to develop new techniques for crop or enhance existing ones, in pursuit of producing better quality food for human consumption. But the challenge is not producing fish in cages, but training for skilled labor are being produced sustainably. Projects for production of fish in cages were conducted in two districts of the State of Goiás The first was installed in the City of Cocalzinho - GO Settlement Project in Santa Felicidade, 12 cages of 6m ³, with villages in tambaqui density of 95 fish / m³, and the second in the city of Niquelândia - GO at an Association of Mini and Small Farmers of Our Lady of the Abbey, a reservoir of Serra da Mesa 12 cages of 6m ³ stocked with juvenile tilapia density of 166 fish / m³. During the production cycle was analyzed the behavior of two groups of producers in relation to project development. The training of manpower for raising fish in cages was well accepted by both groups that were participatory, attending all the activities offered to motivation. The Association of Small Frarmers Mini and the Abbey of Our Lady, decided to expand, starting a new cycle of production with an increase of 41% in the number of participants, even before the first production cycle came to an end by appreciating activity, confirming that this activity becomes a viable and profitable for the development of family farming. Key Words: Agrarian Reform, Fish Farming, Rural Extension, Settlement.