Etnodesenvolvimento, assistência técnica e extensão rural: o caso do Quilombo de Monte Alegre - Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Abstract

The inclusion of social policies for technical assistance and rural extension (ATER) in Brazil is of great importance in the production process enabling family farmers, contributing to the occurrence of local development. The Brazilian rurality is comprised of several identities, some require technical assistance and rural extension specialist practices, so that the purpose of these actions / communications are achieved. This paper talks about the ethnodevelopment the Remnant Community Quilombo de Monte Alegre, located in the municipality of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim - ES. We analyzed the main strategies of public agencies, especially the Espírito Santo State Institute for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (INCAPER) in order to show which and how actions to encourage agricultural production have been carried out and how they have generated the development and strengthening of territorial identity.