Radio to strengthen rural activities

the example of the Matutando Solos and Agroecologia Program

Authors

  • Bárbara Brena Ferreira Ayres Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé
  • Jarlean Lopes Nobrega Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé
  • José Ilton Pereira Alves Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé
  • Rogerio Andrade Emídio Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé
  • Jessica Micaele Mota de Araújo Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé
  • Adriana de Fátima Meira Vital Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Sumé

Keywords:

Rural communication, educommunication, Matutando, radio, beekeeping

Abstract

Bees and their products are known throughout the world, where they are a significant consumer preference and evident as a means of subsistence for family farmers, because the activity offers besides honey and propolis, other products, which can be a source of income for families, besides providing complementary services such as pollination. Bees improve farming, food and nutritional security, and provide traditional medicines. However, there is still a need for information, such as soil use and management practices, beekeeping plants, activity dynamics, commercialization, and the expertise of the locals. The dissemination of information is essential to promote the activity, to improve practices, and to potentiate the local market, but it is still inefficient or absent, and radio is an effective medium to enable this communication. The research aims to describe the radio experience of the Matutando Solos e Agroecologia Program in socializing information about beekeeping and meliponiculture, considering the socioeconomic relevance to family farming. Matutando is an avant-garde university extension program, allocated at the Center for Sustainable Development of the Semiarid, campus of Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, which has been talking on the radio for ten years, on 95 FM of Sumé, about soil conservation practices and the potentialities of the Caatinga biome, seeking to value local knowledge and know-how, with emphasis on productive activities in Cariri, Paraíba. In the technical part, research results of interest to farmers and beekeepers are divulged, such as the richness of the bee flora, composting, and the formation of seed banks. The framework Trilhas do Cariri presents the riches of the region, rescuing the potentialities for sustainable tourism, festivities, and traditions. The audience of Matutando and the recognition of the public highlight the relevance of a radio program as a proposal for educommunication and public policy to strengthen rural activities and sustainable rural development.

Published

2022-09-10

How to Cite

Ayres, B. B. F., Nobrega, J. L., Alves, J. I. P., Emídio, R. A., Araújo, J. M. M. de, & Vital, A. de F. M. (2022). Radio to strengthen rural activities: the example of the Matutando Solos and Agroecologia Program. Caderno Verde De Agroecologia E Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 11(1), e9489. Retrieved from https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/CVADS/article/view/9489

Issue

Section

V EVENTO TÉCNICO-CIENTÍFICO DO FESTIVAL DO MEL DE SÃO JOSÉ DOS CORDEIROS

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