Instalações para suinocultura e destinação dos dejetos: uma análise ambiental no Instituto Federal Farroupilha – Campus São Vicente do Sul

Abstract

The pig is a very important activity in the economic scenario of the country, but the pig manure, and if not properly treated, they become a powerful environmental polluter. On the other hand, environmental education can be a means of generating ideas and actions to improve the quality of teaching in schools. Thus, the objective of this study was to propose that environmental education is applied in the swine industry of the Farroupilha Federal Institute – Campus São Vicente do Sul (IFF - Campus SVS), and valued, both in practical classes, as in the theoretical . Thus, it was necessary to conduct an environmental analysis of waste management of these facilities, evaluating the students' perception about the environmental impacts. The result was, more than 68% of students are unaware of the harm that poor disposal of pig waste can cause to the environment. In step characterized by meetings and field research, students found that the IFF – Campus SVS facilities are pigs in adverse conditions, so students do not show, appropriately, the correct way of handling the waste. After the fieldwork, students who participated and those who did not participate in the survey were asked again to verify the degree of learning. The result of this step showed that students who participated in the survey had a higher rate of correct responses, which shows that implementation of the Environmental Education methods are effective when applied effectively. As a result of the lack of increased workload on the topic "Swine and the Environment" in the disciplines of Environmental Management and Swine, the bad influence of facilities on learning, students found it difficult to correctly answer some simple questions of the questionnaires. It was also found that most students said that the facilities needed reforms because, as they themselves said, the facilities were poor and lacked space for practical classes. Thus, the final results have intensified the need for improvements in environmental education and care for the proper management of waste at IFF – Campus SVS is therefore a necessary pedagogical proposal seeking to increase the amount of content related to the preservation of environment and proper management to pig farming waste. Because agricultural education, teaching practice dedicated to the preservation of the environment should be highlighted. From all the results found in this study, warned that the direction of the IFF - Campus SVS that need to be built new facilities for swine, with adequate infrastructure. As a consequence, in April 2011, the direction of the IFF - Campus SVS calls for a new project facilities for swine. In July 2011 the project was completed. Thus, it is considered that this work has contributed significantly to changes in posture in the face of reality presented, and attracted the attention of managers of the Institute, helping to make possible the implementation of projects for new facilities.