A Aquicultura no Estado do Piauí: produção e importância econômica e análise de resultados produtivos e financeiros de um empreendimento comunitário de criação de tilápias em tanques rede.

Abstract

The objective of this work was to assess the economic importance of aquaculture in the state of Piauí. And, at the same time, to carry out an analysis of the productive and economic performance of an associative enterprise for the production of tilapia in net cages, at the public reservoir in the city of Patos do Piauí. Data on the aquaculture production in Brazil and in the State of Piauí were collected from the Statistic database of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Data on 2020’s investment, infrastructure, production outcomes, and cash expenditures and incomes of an associative tilapia cage production of APPAPI (Fishermen and Fish Farmers Association of Patos do Piauí) were organized and used to elaborate cash flow and financial analyses to asses the economic and productive efficiency of that enterprise. Nearly 13,800 mT of fish and shrimp were farmed in the State of Piauí in 2019, on a total of 4,664 aquafarms. The Entre Rios Territory produced 3,703 mT. The high water availability and the proximity to the state capital, which facilitate the access to technology, production inputs and markets certainly benefited the aquaculture in that territory. The Coastal Plain’s Territory, which concentrates the aquaculture of marine shrimp (a high value aquaculture product), had the highest gross production value, BRL 47.4 millions. The Cocais Territory had the largest number of aquafarms in the state. In 2020, the APAPPI enterprise sold approximately 126,700 kg of tilapia farmed in cages at the public reservoir of Poço Marruá, in the city of Patos do Piauí. The average selling price of tilapia was BRL 10.97/kg and the total cost of production was estimated at BRL 9.63/kg of fish, leaving a profit margin of BRL 1.34/kg of fish. The project operated with an efficiency of 42% of its production potential. Planning and management deficiencies can be easily overcome with more effective institutional technical support. Initiatives to promote productive projects like the APPAPI’s project, can change the reality of many rural populations in Piauí and other states, providing job and income opportunities, in addition to boosting the development of the local economy