Ambiente e sociedade: a cadeia produtiva da malva (Urena lobata L.) no Médio Solimões: uma alternativa sustentável?

Abstract

This present research was conducted to evaluate the effects of the insertion of a new technology in the pursuit of social mitigation unhealthiness of the production process of the culture of mauve (Urena lobata L.), and the aggregation of values for the various socio-economic agents, in addition to characterize the production chain of this culture in these communities. The study aims to identify the type of farmer producer of mauve, residents in the gutters of rivers, lakes and paranãs the Middle Rio Solimões (AM), rising socioeconomic factors that influence in its production. The data used in this study come from field surveys with the participation of producers and the municipalities of Manacapuru and Caapiranga, between 2009 and 2012. In the Amazon occurs mainly in the planting meadow ecosystem, characterized by four well-defined periods: the flood, the flood, the ebb and drought. So this is a considerable importance factor for the better development of the cycles which depend of it. The study aims therefore to research and collaborate with the improvement of the productive chain of mauve (U. lobata L.), contributing to the realization of this structural and organizational growth. When considering that the mauve´s planting is done by the mauve farmers which adopt the system of household production. In this sense, this research aims to contribute to enhancing the social, environmental and economic development of the productive chain in its conventional mode of culture