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September 5, 2025ConservationOpen Access

Agroforestry Knowledge and Practices: Strategies of Resistance by Peasant and Quilombola Women in Brazil

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RKRenata Borges KempfJWJosiane Carine WedigCBCarolina dos Anjos de Borba

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Overview

Ethnographic research explores agroforestry strategies among peasant and quilombola women, highlighting cultural preservation and resistance to colonialism.

Key Points

  • Agroforestry practices are vital for women’s resistance to the monocultural model in Brazil, preserving biodiversity.
  • Peasant women in Pinhão and quilombola women in Ribeirão Grande emphasize traditional knowledge and community care.
  • Research used ethnographic methods to document how these practices counter colonial oppression and support identity.
  • Women are central to sustaining agroforestry, which defends both cultural heritage and environmental integrity.

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Kempf et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb5f266d6d5674bcd02fb5https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation5030046
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