02136nam a2200385 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501500008026002160023052008030044665000170124965000240126665000130129065000220130365000260132565000280135165000260137965000330140565000290143865000290146765000260149665000170152265300170153965300130155665300110156965300230158065300260160365300210162965300190165070000210166970000170169070000170170770000260172416682142017-05-11       1999    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aSOUSA, G. F. de  aMulti-strata agroforestry as an alternative for small migrant farmers practicing shifting cultivation in central Amazonian communities in Brazil.  aIn: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM MULTI-STRATA AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITH PERENNIAL CROPS, 1999, Turrialba. Multy-strata agroforestry systems with perennial crops: proceedings. Turrialba: CATIE, 1999. p. 243-246.c1999  aAn on-farm research project at Presidente Figueiredo (Amazonas, Brasil). The overall objetive was to test a participatory approach of farmers' involvement in research development, in order to implement some agricultural practices that could benefit farmers' production systems, and would contribute to income diversification, food security, sustainable land use, and consequently social and economic development of rural comunities. The close contact with the resource poor farmers in the project provide valuable opportunities for increasing the level of interaction between researchers and small farmers. it raise the communication capability, the researchers' awareness of the difficulties encountered by the resource poor farmers, and the opportunities for creating more demanding technologies.  aagroforestry  ainnovation adoption  aland use  aresearch projects  atropical rain forests  aAdoção de Inovações  aDesenvolvimento Rural  aDesenvolvimento Sustentável  aFloresta Tropical Úmida  aProjeto de Colonização  aSociologia Econômica  aUso da Terra  aAgrofloresta  aAmazonas  aBrasil  aEconomic sociology  aPresidente Figueiredo  aRural settlement  aSustainability1 aGUIMARAES, R. R.1 aSOUSA, N. R.1 aNUNES, J. S.1 aLOURENCO, J. N. de P.