Utilização de um sistema alternativo de irrigação no cultivo orgânico da pimenta cambuci (Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum) no Município de Seropédica-RJ

Abstract

The family farm is the category of the food production sector with the largest number of productive and responsible for seventy percent of food for domestic consumption in Brazil. For this reason, the development of technologies adapted to the conditions experienced by this action is of very important for the development of rural areas. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of using bamboo in the composition of an alternative system of irrigation for the cultivation of pepper in the city of Seropédica - RJ. The study was conducted at two different times, and consisted in: a thorough laboratory analysis of hydraulic characteristics of Bambusa tuldoides ducts, and the assembly and qualitative analysis of an alternative irrigation system consists of pipelines of bamboo species Bambusa vulgaris and Bambusa tuldoides, used to irrigate an organic cultivation of pepper Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum. Coefficients were determined for Fd C and ducts Bambusa tuldoides, empirical equations used in the design of hydraulic networks and the uniformity of water application of a system composed of bamboo pipes and connections of strips of inner tubes, and crop production Pepper before the variation of the irrigation schedule when irrigated by it. With the data obtained is intended to increase knowledge about food production using this technology, allowing its use in small areas of cultivation by poor farmers, thereby providing an improved growing conditions, reflected in increased production and consequent improvement in quality of life of the producer