ISHS Acta Horticulturae 569: I Latin-American Symposium on the Production of Medicinal, Aromatic and Condiments Plants
A IMPORTÂNCIA DO USO DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS EM COMUNIDADES DE PERIFERIA E SUA PRODUÇÃO ATRAVÉS DA AGRICULTURA URBANA |
| Author: | J.E. Dias |
| Keywords: | medicinal plants, urban agriculture, participatory methodologies, appropriate technologies, networks |
| Abstract:
- The Importance of the Use of Medicinal Plants in Communities on the Outskirts of Urban Sectors and Their Production through the Practice of Urban Agriculture This text discusses the cultural and environmental aspects of the use of medicinal plants and their production through the practice of urban agriculture in communities on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience is developed within the strategy of strengthening the community organization and the construction of a network of community organizations, non governmental and governmental organizations for local development, as well as the articulation of this local network of NGOs of the Cerrado (savanna) and the network of medicinal plants of South America. This work aims to contribute towards the security and efficiency of the use of medicinal plants, through recuperation of traditional knowledge, of the use of medicinal plants as well as agricultural practices and complement them with technical and scientific knowledge. The activities described here present results of a participatory etnopharmacological survey and of the participatory experimentation of appropriate technologies in urban agriculture. | |
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