Agroforestry systems play a key role in the food security of rural and urban populations,
as well as an alternative model for environmental recovery through their floristic
diversity and ecological functions. The objective was to analyze the geospatial
distribution of agroforestry systems in the State of Pará as a strategy for environmental
recovery and food security. The study was conducted in the State of Pará, based on
information provided by the agricultural census of the SIDRA (IBGE Automatic
Recovery System) collection, and adopted information on land use in agricultural
establishments with the census conducted in 2017. The software QGIS was used as a
tool to elaborate the quantitative thematic maps of the geospatialization of the number
of establishments and planted area of SAFs in the state of Pará. The Jenks method
(natural breaks) was used through four interval classes to identify similar values,
maximizing the difference between the classes. The results point to the increasing use of
Agroforestry Systems in the Northeast Paraense mesoregion, highlighting the
municipality of Acará, located in the Tomé-Açu microregion as the area with the largest
number of establishments with SAFs, as well as the efficiency of the application of the
method. Jenks as a tool in geospatialization of areas occupied with existing agroforestry
systems in the State of Pará.
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