Economic Value Of Rural Backyards In The Municipality Of Marituba, Metropolitan Region Of BELÉM, State Of Pará, BRAZILIAN Amazon

In large cities with problems related to space, environmental degradation, pollution, and social problems of income and food distribution, insecurity and unemployment, alternatives are sought that generate a new profile for urban and/or peri-urban areas. In this context, Urban Agriculture is the theoretical reference of this article, practiced in the backyards of the municipality of Marituba, State of Pará. The aimof this article is to simulate the value of economic, environmental, social and cultural services in these backyards. The methodology used was the Snowball sample technique for data collection in 22 backyards. The Contingent Valuation Method was used based on the Disposition to Accept (DAA). The simulation resulted in an DAA value of R$ 2,460.00 (US$657,56), which can be justified by the possibility of a fixed income, since farmers are aging and having difficulty in receiving the retirement aid, with the backyard often being the main source of income for families. Thus, it is concluded that the social and economic importance of the backyards for the municipality studied is noticeable and, therefore, future work that will contribute to regional development is indicated byresearch involving the study of the relationships of urban and/or peri-urban agriculture and its impacts on the diet of the residents, in order to verify the nutritional influence of productive backy