Reflexões acerca da transformação social na Escolinha de Agroecologia de Nova Iguaçu/RJ.

Abstract

Considering the importance of the movements of opposition to the hegemony of agribusiness, capable of producing new social forms of struggle and resistance, what strikes us in the present work is the specificity of the School of Agroecology of Nova Iguaçu (EANI), aiming at which is a non-formal education project located in Rio de Janeiro's Baixada Fluminense, which for more than ten years has been developing training in agroecological precepts for small producers (rural and urban), establishing a transformation bias through the praxis of popular education, the valorization of knowledge and the identity of belonging to the place and its cultures. Regarding the methodology, we started with qualitative research, performing documentary analyzes, collecting bibliographical productions about the subject, field observation, using the field diary as a record source and conducting an interview with a semi-structured script. Thus, we identify the specificity of EANI's action, especially in the region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, as a non-formal education project that promotes social transformation.