Whether you're a beginning farmer, or an experienced agricultural producer interested in transitioning to more sustainable practices, you may want to start by learning more about the principles of sustainable agriculture and some of the "systems" approaches associated with it.

Semi-ariid sertao region of northeast Brazil - Caatinga is the natural vegetation in the sertao region of the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "caatinga" is a indigenous word meaning "open forest" or "open vegetation". It covers about 700,000 km2. The Caatinga has a semi-arid climate with average annual temperatures of about 28 °C. The area has a very hot and dry winter and a hot and rainy summer. The rivers of the caatinga only run during the rainy summers and in some places the streams are interrupted during the dry winters. The vegetation consists mainly of open shrubs that are resistant to drought..

This was our main area of work for the ONG - Note that Acari is in the center

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Originally inhabited (primitive) by Cariris Indians, the municipality of Acari was founded, as a small village, by Sargento-mor Manuel Esteves de Andrade, arriving there from Serra do Saco. In 1737 Manuel Esteves built a chapel for the new village, in respect of Nossa Senhora da Guia. April 11, 1835, the Municipality of Acari was created by a resolution of the Governor. This same year, or about, in the Imperial era, the following law was posted in the City Records (Código de Postura da Intendência Municipal da cidade de Acary) by an unknown author, which stated: “Em toda a cabeça de casal será obrigado a ter limpado as frentes de suas casas nas povoações, nas quatro festas, principalmente de cada um ano, sob pena de pagar por cada vez que faltar a limpeza, duzentos réis para as despesas da Câmara”. Basically translated, this states: "Every couple is obligated to clean in front of their houses in the village, especially for the four festas each year, with a fine each time they fail to do this cleaning, of two hundred reis for the expenses of the Câmara" (City government). People were obligated to maintain the cleanliness of the city. Therefore the legislation of the Império and of the old República required that all of the inhabitants maintain their homes and streets in good condition. . After time, the obligation became conscience with the title “CIDADE MAIS LIMPA DO BRASIL”, "CLEANEST CITY IN BRAZIL" the local population became extremely proud to live in Acari. . The majority of the population is sustained by retirement money. Still with the economic difficulties, in 1971, they received the title “CIDADE MAIS LIMPA DO BRASIL”, "CLEANEST CITY IN BRAZIL" and the topic of the era was “Nesta cidade o ‘Sugismundo’ não pode morar” or "those that are dirty can not live here", created by the mayor of that time, Sr. José Braz de Albuquerque Galvão Filho. This same time there was a report issued by Rede Globo (TV) about the newest title given the city. Again in 1995, the city one more time gained attention of the “Jornal do Comércio”, of Pernambuco, which illustrated an editorial with a similar opinion of this journal

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Cowboy of the sertão

Angelina Ana da Conceição - Our guide for the sertão in Acari

Website - ACARI, RN

Tours in the sertão operated from Acari

Ecological Reserve RPPN -SERNATIVO - ACARI

This is an old project I have been working on since 2005. It is becoming more and more feasible but will cost a bit to implant as I will now have to travel to Brasilia (the capital) to talk with the government agencies INCRA and IBAMA. I work for IBAMA as an ecological consultant for over 28 years. The reserve is the only 'caatinga' reserve in Rio Grande do Norte.

JACUMA, PARIABA

Another interesting beach area is Jacuma, Paraiba. Jacuma is about 22 Km south of the capital city of Paraiba, João Pessoa. It is now mostly vacation, weekend homes for people from the city and interior of state. It is the perfect area for people that want easy and fast access to all a city offers but don't want to live there. it is still essentially a fishing village which means land prices and building costs are substantially lower than in the city. In fact, this entire area is the most economical area to buy beach front or view properties this close to a major city in the Northeast.

Personally, if I find the right partner I am thinking about my company Andetur investing here in a pousada.

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Brazil is the largest country of South America. It borders every other country of the continent except Chile and Ecuador.

Brazil is a very much a country of contrasts. When someone hears the word Brazil, one thinks of the great Amazon Forest, fantastic beaches, great soccer players, carnival time - and that's all. Well, Brazil, the most important country in South America, certainly has MUCH more to offer - a warm and happy people, great cities with everything from slums to high technology, a wide range of weather patterns, an awesome mixture of cultures and races - and much more!

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