Acai harvest starts with good prospects in Brazil

The publication is produced by the National Supply Company (Conab) and deals, among others, with the production, export market and subsidies paid by the federal government to those who make a living from the collection of these products. Since the beginning of operations, which took place from 2009 to 2020, PGPM-Bio has paid grants of more than R$95 million to thousands of extractivists across the country. Açaí production in Pará, a state that holds 95% of national production, occupies around 200,000 hectares. The fruit, which is native to the Amazon floodplains, begins the harvest this month, ending in December. Last year, açaí had a good position in terms of exports, a fact that is also expected for this year. This position, according to the bulletin, can be explained by the conquest of new markets and the rise of consumption around the world. In the case of cocoa, production as an extractive activity occurs in almost the entire Amazon region, with greater expression in ...