Emater holds workshop on the use of organic fertilizer for farmers in Capanema
One of the main objectives is to bring sustainable management methods to agricultural activities, reducing environmental impacts
The government of Pará, through the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of the State of Pará (Emater-Pará), held a workshop on the Production and Use of Organic Compounds for family farmers in the municipality of Capanema, in the northeast of the State.
The chosen location for the workshop was Retiro Cabral, owned by Rivaldo da Silva, an açaí producer in the Igarapé Apará Community. For him, the initiative by the Emater extensionists from the Local Office of Capanema was very well received by the community.
“It was very good because we learned new techniques for using fertilizer and we will start using them in our plantations. The way we learned, without the use of chemical products, helps a lot to reduce damage to the environment and to the final product,” he said.
According to rural extensionist Paula Alled, one of the main challenges for the agricultural sector is to feed the growing population and reduce its environmental impact, to help conserve natural resources.
“Guidelines were provided such as the 'lurdinha', a semi-automatic chemical fertilizer applicator, protection and conservation of wood with burnt oil and PET bottles, production of hot pepper sauce, annatto, and homemade repellent,” she explained.
For her, one of the main functions of the public technical assistance and rural extension company is to bring environmental actions like this into the field, benefiting the farmer, the final product, and nature itself.
“In this sense, Emater Capanema has been developing several environmental actions, one of which is the production and use of organic compounds. The participants are part of the producers' association and actively participated in the workshop, where they evaluated the event as positive for their activities on the property,” she concluded.
The responsible for the action were the rural extensionists: Paula Alled, Alcirene Corecha, and Jairo Eiras, all from the Local Office of Capanema.
