Database research record2015·Brazil
Horta Comunitária Agroecológica do Assentamento Patativa do Assaré, Exemplo de Trabalho em Parceria e do Intercâmbio de Conhecimentos.
Altair Luiz da Silva, Ester Pereira de Oliveira Gomes, Alfeu Ohlweiler, Flavio Renato da Silva
Cadernos de Agroecologia
Urban Farm DB summary
The agroecological community garden in the Patativa do Assaré settlement, 54 km from Sao Gabriel do Oeste-MS, Brazil, operates through a partnership involving the Settlers' Association, Agrarian Development and Rural Extension Agency, and Municipal Government. From May to August 2014, ten settler families, mostly women, commercialized over 780 kg and 1770 bunches of 24 different vegetable items. Produce is sold at municipal open-air markets and through the National School Feeding Program (PNAE).