Tendências do cultivo da malva (Urena Lobata L.) por agricultores familiares em Manacapuru-AM

Abstract

This study was developed to evaluate insalubrities of the production process and factors of the mauve cultivation abandon (Urena lobata L.), for family farmers, resident in the community of São Sebastião, Rio Solimões in Manacapuru/AM, municipality; through the posing of socio-economic information which contribute to the abandonment of the cultivation of vegetable fibers. The data used for this research come from field surveys from the application forms with the participation of mauve producers of the Ilha Marrecão in the period between 2013 to 2014. The cultivation of this culture occurs on a lowland environments in the state of Amazonas, being an exacting culture in workmanship without technological advances and total dependence on external inputs, coupled with the innumerable insalubrities of its production chain ranging from planting to extraction fiber, contributing to the reduction in prices and leading to the abandonment by some Riverine families who are totally dependent on this activity genuinely Amazon. Through this research we seek to understand the obstacles that directly affect the organizational structure and production of these families, identifying relevant and critical points related to the decision making by the malvicultors as the abandonment of their crops, so that, they can act directly on the resolution of existing problems in its supply chain, focusing on maintaining their production systems in order to continue a genuinely Amazonian culture, weakened from their way of cultivation and gradual loss of profitability because it is a highly demanding culture in labor, favoring an increase in production costs and acting as the main and decisive reason for the abandonment and / or recovery of this type of cultivation by some riparian producers.