The aim of this study is to evaluate the importance that the diversity of agroforestry systems
(SAFs) have for the sustainability of agroecosystems in the community of Santa Luzia,
located in the city of Tomé-Açu, Northeast of Pará, in which for more than two decades
cultivate pepper kingdom (Piper nigrum L.). In order to search for information on
environmental and socio-economic aspects of agroforestry systems and to establish a
relationship to the sustainability of agroecosystems farming families of this community, we
used an Mark for Evaluation of the Systems for Management of the natural resources
incorporating Indicators of Sustainability (MESMIS). We investigated the reality of 28
farming families in the community, 18 families with SAFs in agroecosystems and 10 families
without SAFs in agroecosystems, using as data collection tools, questionnaires familiar
characterization of agroecosystems either with or without SAFs. According to the results it
was evident that agroecosystems with SAFs are more sustainable than without SAFs. The
results show that using the SAFs the level of sustainability is high, while the agroecosystems
without SAFs are mostly lower than the critical level of sustainability (5,0). Therefore
agroecosystems with the SAFs have higher composition of your grade in the social dimension
of sustainability, due to the presence of the Association of Producers and Producers Rural
Family Farming the City of Tome-Acu (APPRAFAMTA) that besides being a source of
support for marketing of agroforestry products also generates income and encourages the
maintenance of local resources.
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