Mato Grosso municipality projects a 30% increase in the pequi crop.

Family farmers from Ribeirão Cascalheira project to increase the pequi harvest by 30% in 2025, reaching about 520 tons. This expectation is already boosting the market, with nine resellers starting purchases to supply Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Distrito Federal, and the hubs of Itumbiara, Rio Verde, and Cuiabá. The box with 30 kilos is sold at R$ 1.00 per kilo. "The pequi sustains 1,500 family farming families at this time of year. Last year, we sold 400 tons. This year's production reaches 1,200 boxes a day," highlights the technician from the Mato Grosso State Company for Research, Assistance, and Rural Extension (Empaer). Considered by wholesalers as the pequi capital in Mato Grosso during the harvest period, the municipality of Ribeirão Cascalheira concentrates a harvest that extends for about 100 days. The harvest began on October 15 and will go until mid-December. "It is an important source of income for family farmers. About 80% of the pequi comes from extractive ...