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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Farmers from Rincão Do 28, Brazil: Sharing Knowledge and Actions in the Environmental Protection Area of Ibirapuitã\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Vicente C  Pires Silveira, Federal University of Santa Maria, Agricultural Education and Rural Extension, Sala 5110 Predio 44, 97105-900~Santa Maria, Brazil, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{vicentesilveira@smail.ufsm.br}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Vicente C  Pires Silveira$^{1}$, Adriana  Ferreira Da Costa Vargas$^{2}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Federal University of Santa Maria, Agricultural Education and Rural Extension, Brazil}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$Maronna Foundation, Farm Management, Brazil}}}
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The main resource which was incorporated to agricultural systems at the end of the 20\textsuperscript{th} Century and beginning of the 21\textsuperscript{st} are technological resources. However, accessing them is the big challenge, especially for small farmers. TheRincão do 28 community is mainly formed by small farms characterised as families that work with livestock. The main production activities developed extensively are beef cattle and sheep farming in small rural areas of subsistence agriculture. The main source of animal feeding is natural pasture, which varies considerably regarding quality and availability of fodder along the year. The adoption of certain forms of handling and usage of low cost technology that could be easily used by small farmers are some alternatives on the way to reaching satisfactory production levels. This study describes the results of ten years' work alongside this group of farmers. It is based on various partnerships with public and private entities, and it is important to highlight that the active participation of the farmers in making decisions regarding which actions should be taken legitimizes the process, for the designated actions are not a consequence of an agreement between farmers and entities which can offer the required service. Thus many institutions were involved in the project, some participating sporadically, and others more systematically. The joint commercialisation of calves can be considered the main indicator of all actions developed by this group of farmers due to their characteristics as the final link of the actions promoted. Thus the advances obtained can be perceived from the first participation in the local annual fair in 2010 with 154 animals with an average weight of 178Kg, to 2015 with a total of 248 animals with an average weight of 208Kg. Lastly, in the beginning the project presented a group of specific goals which were achieved each in their own time, culminating on February 7\textsuperscript{th} 2012 with the farmers' association. New actions, such as the increase in sheep production, are new challenges for this group of producers.



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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Beef cattle, bioma Pampa, sheep
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