O cajueiro (Anacardium occidentale l) e suas possibilidades culturais no litoral paraense

Abstract

The present paper has been prepared with the aim to divulge the possibilities of the cashew-plant (Anacardium occidentale, L.) culture along the Ocean Coast of the State of Pará, over a belt that stretches toward the Northeast, covering the Municipilaties of Curuçá, Marapanim, Magalhães Barata, Maracanã, Salinópolis, Primavera, Bragança, Augusto Corrêa, and Vizeu, the latter already close to Maranhão Etateline. It shows their geographic position in relation with main roads and the strategic position or Belem harbor in connection with producing centers ande international consumers. It also defines their climate and soil conditions, considering them as an extension of the Ocean Coast of the State of Maranhão, given the comparative characteristics of Salinópolis, quite alike those of Turiaçu and São Luiz, in that State. Before ending it mentions the methods of culture utilized by the only enterprise to undertake, on a great scale, the development of a rationalized culture of cashew-plant along the belt under study, on the Ocean Coast of Pará, bearing in mind local characteristics as important factor in the guidance of cultural operations.