Abstract

The present study aims to demonstrate and expose viable agroecological practices and techniques for the management of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), cowpea (Phaseolus vulgaris) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb. Mansf.) Crops, describing succinctly, each stage of the project, in a clear and objective way, aiming at the successful teaching and learning. In order to verify, the possibility of producing food without the use of pesticides, considering that nowadays, agroecological agriculture must be defended, due to the facts exposed by the dossier published in 2015 by ABRASCO - Brazilian Association of Public Health, held in together with the Ministry of Health, 64% of food in Brazil is contaminated by pesticides, between 2007 and 2014 alone, 34.147 people were intoxicated by these products were notified in SUS. From the project, which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of producing food free of pesticides to students, in order to raise their awareness to take the knowledge obtained to families.

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