Custo de implantação e manutenção da cultura do açaí, produzidas de forma irrigada e manual no município de Tomé-Açu-Pará

Abstract

The work consisted in analyzing the costs of implantation and maintenance of the açaí crop produced in different forms in the city of Tomé Açu, aiming to identify different types of production systems, to determine which method becomes more economically viable besides analyzing the means and prices of marketing of the fruit during a year in the region. Two methods of production were considered: one with the irrigation system and the other manually, for the means of commercialization, three types were detected: cooperative of CAMTA (Cooperativa Mista de Tomé Açu), non-cooperatives and middlemen. We chose a qualitative and quantitative approach, with questionnaires, and for data analysis were tabulated in spreadsheets Excel Excel software, where the total amounts of the implantation and maintenance were calculated and analyzed with a horizon of 11 years, according to with the data provided by the producers. The following data were used to determine the profitability and the best commercialization channel and the respective gains to the rural producer. The economic viability indicators were: Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit-Cost Index (IBC), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback and Point of Equilibrium (PE). The research concluded that the best system for the production of açaí was the fertirrigated, and the best channel of commercialization in case the producers supposedly want to sell their production a good choice will be through the middleman.