A fertilidade discursiva e os frutos estéreis da semente da paixão: uma análise sobre os Bancos de Sementes Comunitários da Borborema

Abstract

This study presents the results of research on the operation and ownership of eightcommunities involved in the project of Community Seed Banks in Paraíba. Theregional division is located in the microregion of Borborema. All municipalities maintain partnerships with nongovernmental organizations, started from the 90's, andthat promote actions of so-called local development. Our work aims to analyze to what extent such social policies, induced by the NGOs, causes impacts on the social and economic reality of these communities. It is an empirical analysis, with access toseed banks and farmers associated or not, to understand the processes, the ability to mobilize community residents, institutional relations in the preservation of seeds and if there is any impact on local agricultural productivity. Data collection wasconducted from interviews, testimonials from family farmers, NGO staff and technicians, as well as participant observation, field visits and participation in events. It was found that current development models distributed by NGOs and employers in the communities place the local actors as one of the major agents of development,while blaming these actors by the inability to monitor the progress. There was alsolittle community involvement in the BSC, dozens of banks shut down anda legitimization of the discourse of NGOs in communities through thefigure/incarnation of the manager.