Movimento Dos Atingidos por Barragens -MAB
Brazil, Pará, Itaituba
2020
Type of Technology
Transition Area
Fair Energetics
- Alternative energy supply
- Changing patterns of use and consumption
- Integration of different energy uses
- Self-management of health
Integrated and sustainable food production by capturing solar energy for irrigation.
Type of technology
Solar panels, batteries, converters.
Technical characteristics of the proposal
Capacity to supply two 0.5 HP pumps for irrigation.
Productive, community, environmental, or economic processes or activities that were positively impacted by the implementation of the community experience of TEJ.
Vegetable production and agroforestry.
Beneficiaries of the experience
Families: 10
Achievements and problems encountered during implementation
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Energy self-sufficiency
- Tree planting
- Improvement of food quality.
PROBLEMS:
Equipment maintenance,
2. Organization of families.
Women’s participation in the TEJ community experience
Most production units are managed by women.