VII. ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS: The Kraho Indians: researchers' work in partnership with the native Indians of Tocantins

摘要

Innovative Embrapa researchers contacted the Kraho Indians in the north of Tocantins and introduced them to technologies that help restore their traditional agriculhire. The first contract signed between a public corporation and an indigenous community in Brazil, mediated by Funai (the National Indian Foundation), was based on these principles: respect for the local culture, participation of the Kraho Indians in all stages of the process, and the return of all work to the community. The document washeld up as a model for other works of this type in Brazil.