This publication is an initiative of the PROCASUR Corporation in partnership with IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development, for the dissemination of good practices in renewable energies promoted by PROCASE – Projeto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Cariri, Seridó e Curimataú, together with partners. The book is permeated by a careful historiography that points out the challenges of drought in the Northeast region and the potential generated by climatic conditions, especially in the Semiarid and Caatinga biome, as well as important reports of a vibrant role, especially of women and young people involved with productive development in these ventures.