Processos participativos para construção do conhecimento em agrofloresta: a experiência da Embrapa Meio Ambiente no diálogo de saberes

Aiming to deepen the construction of knowledge in Agroforestry and develop systems for the rural settlements reality, a Participatory Observation Unit (POU) was implemented  in January 2018 at Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Jaguariuna, SP. It was inspired mainly by the work developed since 2005 with farmers from the Sepe Tiaraju settlement. The 0.12 ha POU consists of 6 lines and 5 interlines and was designed to promote technical monitoring and sharing farmers, researchers, technicians and students insights of the development of the system and the improvement of solutions, considering the socio-technical conditions of the settled family farmers. This article aims to present and discuss the pedagogical strategies for implementing this POU and its maintenance, especially the events called “Field Day''. The Field Day for the implementation of coffee seedlings in December 2019 stands out, in which farmers were the leading experimenters. The pandemic brought a great challenge to the continuity of these knowledge construction processes, which are based on face-to-face meetings and field observations. However, it is allowing the exploration of new modes of virtual interaction with lessons that go beyond techniques.