Feijões do Vale do Juruá

Abstract

The themes exposed in the chapters intend to show the richness and economic importance of the biodiversity of beans from the Juruá river valley and its use by the population of Acre; warn about the responsibility and rights of farmers who manage this heritage; discuss the most modern forms of cultivation; to characterize the Creole germplasm of local bean varieties; present aspects of the agrobiodiversity of beans in the Acre valley from the field to cooking. The book also discusses the most appropriate ways to conserve this biological capital (creole seeds) strongly linked to social capital (farmer and consumer), revealing an intense connection between man and nature. This represents an important conservation tool for varieties perpetuated by seeds, through selection over several generations with high resilience and adaptability, capable of facing situations of edaphoclimatic imbalances and anthropic pressures (globalization and opening of roads) such as competition with varieties market dominators that threaten the conservation of Creole genetic material.