01408naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000230006024501090008325000110019226000090020352006830021265300170089565300170091265300190092970000160094870000150096470000160097970000140099570000170100977301520102611224712014-12-04       2002    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aPINHEIRO, S. L. G.  aCASE STUDY 7 - Sustainable Rural Life and Agroecology Santa Catarina State Brazilh[electronic resource]  a1. Ed.  c2002  aThis case study analyses and summarizes a sustainable development experience based on agro-ecology developed by the Ecological Farmers Association of the Hillsides of Santa Catarina State (Agreco), an NGO in southern Brazil. One of the main characteristics of this ecological system is that it considers not only the organization, management and control of the bio-physical systems (called ?production systems? or ?hard-systems?) but also aims to understand and develop the interactions which characterize more abstract and complex systems (called ?soft-systems?), particularly the human relations and the sustainable development of the territory in which the ecosystem operates  aAGRO-ECOLOGY  aAgroecologia  aSUSTAINABILITY1 aCARDOSO, A.1 aTURNES, V.1 aSCHMIDT, W.1 aBRITO, R.1 aGUZZATTI, T.  tIn: Organic Agriculture, Environment and Food Security. Environment and Natural Resources Service Series no. 4. 1. ed. Roma: FAO, 2002. p. 227-234.