Impacto do custo na cadeia de sustentabilidade do manejo do açaizal no município de Abaetetuba - Pará - Brasil.

Abstract

The scenario that the Brazilian market faces, mainly in relation to environmental factors, has generated reflection on the performance of small and medium-sized producers who are part of the economic construction of the country; Pará, with a demand from many of these producers, in view of this situation, has been concerned with the expansion and intensification of açaizal management in the floodplain forests of the Amazon estuary, which has caused remarkable changes in floristic composition and losses of biodiversity. In this sense, the present work aimed to evaluate the impact of the cost of the native açaizal management system on the Paruru and Uruá islands, in the municipality of Abaetetuba/PA, with the goal of developing a sustainability-oriented production chain. Thus, in this first moment, qualitative methods were used to evaluate the management methods by means of documents and photographic records; in a second moment, the quantitative method was adopted, through the use of computer programs such as Microsoft Excel and SPSS, to estimate the impact of the cost of sustainable management. The results pointed to the possibility of applying sustainable management to the açaí grove at a low cost with a view to a productive maintenance that provides a reduction in environmental impacts, without financial losses, causing a paradigm shift in the production of açaí and providing local farmers with the capacity for sustainability, while helping to maintain the livelihood of their families, strengthening the economy and promoting an ecologically balanced environment.