Mapeamento da agricultura perene no município de Capitão Poço : relatório técnico 01/2022

Abstract

Most of Brazil's land use and land cover maps cannot detect and map areas of perennial agriculture, one of the main economic activities of the Pará North East mesoregion. In this work, we used high-resolution satellite images to map three perennial cultures in the municipality of Capitão Poço – Pará, Brazil: citrus, palm oil, and black pepper. Our results show a total area of 18.6 thousand hectares being used by these three cultures, with the predominance of citrus (80%; 14.9 mil hectares), black pepper (13%; 2.4 mil hectares), and palm oil (7%; 1.3 mil hectares). We identified 1.243 rural properties that produce citrus, 449 that produce black pepper, and 77 that produce palm oil. In general, the small properties (<55 ha, 1 fiscal module) are the majority in citrus production (934 properties). In terms of area, 42% (4,709 ha) of the citrus is concentred in small properties. On other hand, the most of cultivation parts of black pepper (76% or 1,643 ha) and palm oil (70% or 885 ha) are present in big properties (>5 fiscal modules). At least 5,244 hectares of these cultures are in properties that are not registered in Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR; Rural Environmental Registry), and it represents 32% (4,800 ha) of the total citrus area, 16% (382 ha) of the black pepper area and 6% (70 ha) of the palm oil area. Based on the planting area, we estimated 8.2 million citrus plants in Capitão Poço. These mapping and results can have several implications for the productivity sector strategic management, as well as subsidiary public policies for familiar agriculture in the region.