Análise de aspectos relacionados à segurança alimentar nas hortas comunitárias de Palmas-TO

Abstract

The city of Palmas / TO has 17 cataloged community gardens, however this study evaluated only 14 because of the other meet-disabled in the period, which has the intention to encourage family Cultivation to foment families in economic vulnerability. The situational conditions were evaluated, proximal traffic and hygiene and health of the 14 gardens studied, it was possible to determine, among them, the profile of horticulturists as the use of agricultural pesticides (42.22%) and fertilizers (100%), average number of sites per horticulturist and main crops; still determined the tendency to contamination by particulate material suspended sedimentation emitted by motor vehicles depending on the location of the gardens, where the gardens that are located close to major roads and health facilities tend to have greater impact this contamination; still evaluated the presence of the metals copper, chromium, aluminum, iron, manganese and zinc in the water used for irrigation and washing of crops for sale, where it performed in accordance with standards established by legislation, and total coliforms and Escherichia coli in those samples where it was determined that only five (5) samples, corresponding to 35.71%, showed satisfactory results for the analysis of Escherichia col and 3 (three), corresponding to 21.43 %, are in accordance with the criteria of the law, in the absence of total coliforms. also analyzed the main medicinal plants (holy mallow - Plectranthus amboinicus, mint - Mentha piperita L. and mastruz - Dysphania ambrosioides) cultivated for their phytochemical and evidenced the main classes present in each plant species composition. There was a greater need for supervision and monitoring of the city hall in the community gardens, as the microbiological quality of water is compromised in addition to some aspects of the program are being misapplied, as the number of sites by horticulturist and pre-established sale. With regard to contamination by heavy metals, the results were satisfactory as they are in line with the provisions of law.