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Soils of the Amazon: etnopedology and sustainable development.

2011; FUNDAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RORAIMA; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

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José Frutuoso do Vale Júnior, María Inés Lênz Souza, Pedro Paulo Ramos Ribeiro Nascimento, Diego Lima de Souza Cruz,

Soil Management and Crop Yield

The diversity of the environments and soils within the Amazon should be considered in the process of use and occupation by the inhabitants, in order to maintain the sustainability of these ecosystems. The objective of this study was to characterize the Amazon region based on the pedology and ethnopedology, focusing on the issues of use, occupation and management, relating to sustainable development for the region. The discussion presents the following final remarks: the low fertility of the soil and the diversity of soils leads to the use of inputs and extrapolations; the region lacks a network of roads and waterways to allow the flow of production; the scientific production of the region is below other regions of Brazil; and the occupation and use of land by Indian community have is still primitive.