This paper evaluates the results of APACC'sperformance in the changes made in the
productive systems of lowland and upland, with the encouragement and support that
this NGO provides agriculturists with the aim of increasing productivity of farms
throughout sustainable practices. It is made from the comparison of production of
agriculturists who participated of the training program of multipliers and non-
participating agriculturists of the APACC training program, seeking to identify the
transformations of technical systems of production in the floodplain and
uplandenvironments, as they were made by agriculturists and how did the process of
change happened. The data collection in the field was made through non-directive
exploratory interviews with agriculturists and non-participant observation of
production systems. Six agriculturists were interviewed,three of them were multipliers
and the other three non-participating neighbors of the training program, following a
pre-defined script. The Field observation was made covering the property of each of
the agriculturists interviewed, seeking to understand what the proximities and
differences relating to crops, diversity of production, the practices of their production
processes, as well as the existing technical innovations. It was observed that
agroecological practices stimulated by APACC motivated diversification of production
bringing a greater diversity of auto-consumption and income. The systems were
introduced to pisciculture in the floodplain and the apiculture and horticulture on
upland. Agroecological innovations were attempted in cassava production, acai,
black pepper and management of shrubbery forests. The innovations did not result in
higher productivity of cassava from those who adopted in relation to their neighbors,
while the productivity of acai showed greater effects of management practices on the
floodplain environment.The pisciculture and apiculture, of theintroduced systems,
were those that stood out for income generation. It was found that the amount of area
and labor are essential conditions for the adoption of new production systems and
the development of agroecological and technological innovations encouraged.
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