A Usina do Roque: produção (in) sustentável de óleos e manteigas vegetais para uma indústria de cosméticos na Amazônia

Abstract

The valuation of forest resources restricted to timber production has been modified, making the importance of other products and benefits increasingly evident, among them the use of Non-Timber Forest Products - NTFPs. The addition of values to these products, the use of technologies appropriate to the conditions of exploitation, sustainable forest management, the development of appropriate research and the diversification of current production systems, converge on a more strategic plan in restructuring the marketing of these inputs. The objective of this dissertation was to analyze the production at Industry of the Comunidade do Roque took place in a sustainable way, using for this analysis the social, economic and environmental dimensions. For the social dimensions, parameters such as access to public services, social participation and income from raw materials were chosen. For the economic dimension, the parameters chosen were market strategy and billing. And for the environmental dimension, the parameters adopted were management of native vegetation and solid industrial and domestic waste. The economy of the Comunidade do Roque is composed of work based on the industry, agriculture with the production of flour and the Bolsa Família Program. The health service in the community is precarious, malaria cases are high among residents. There is no sewage treatment. Since 2014, with the installation of the artesian well, there is regular water distribution. Roque has a Municipal School, which has been achieving good results with children. The energy distribution service is still inefficient. Currently, the seeds processed at the industry are collected in 51 Communities in the Médio Juruá Territory distributed in the RDS Uacari, in the Resex Médio Juruá and in the surroundings of these UCs. The yield in the industrial process of andiroba rarely exceeds 30% of the weight of the seeds, the yield of Ucuúba is 43% and the yield of Murumuru is on average 23% of the total volume of processed seeds, generating large amounts of waste. The biggest costs for the production of oil and butters are the acquisition of raw materials and distribution logistics. The dependency link with a single purchasing company also leads to a fragile commercial relationship, characterized as monopsony. In addition to these difficulties, producers still have to deal with the seasonality of fruit production of forest species, which in some years yields more raw material and in others not, consequently impacting the cooperative's earnings. Despite generating income and improving the living conditions of the population, the production from Industry of Roque proved to be unsustainable economically and environmentally. It is necessary to support the Cooperative so that it can manage more efficiently, reducing expenses, waste, increasing productivity and making all stages of the production process sustainable.