Interfaces between bioeconomics, public policies for family farming and climate change in Pará: the necessary construction of adaptive measures

Abstract

The article analyzes three public policies that structure the bioeconomy in the state of Pará as a sustainable development strategy: the National Program for the Strengthening of Family Agriculture, the Food Acquisition Program, and the National School Feeding Program. Starting from a conception of development based on natural solutions, we sought to understand how these policies are being operationalized and what actions they incorporate into their legal frameworks, in the face of climate change. As a result, it was found that in the Lower Amazon Integration Region, water resources, fish stocks, agricultural products, and the livelihoods of fishermen and farmers are severely affected by droughts. That access to such public policies is fragile. In the end, six adaptive measures are presented, created from a focus group in the Fishermen’s Colony of Alenquer and, subsequently, validated by the Fishermen’s Colonies of Juruti and Santarém, to ensure the maintenance of the productive activity of artisanal fishing, the survival of fishermen, and the preservation of the riverside cultural identity.