Brazil: Quilombola community of Macapá will receive technologies for management and cultivation of açai groves

Embrapa participates with technical assistance in the elaboration of the Macapá City Hall project, which aims to strengthen the production of açaí in quilombola communities in the Santo Antônio da Pedreira district, one of the productive centers in the rural area of this municipality that includes the Ressaca, Abacate da Pedreira and Santo Antônio/Settlement. During the roundtable that will take place on the afternoon of this Thursday, June 24, at the Sebrae Amapá auditorium, the researcher from Embrapa Amapá, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, and the researcher João Tomé de Farias Neto, from Embrapa Amazônia Oriental (Pará), will contribute with their knowledge of native açaí grove management and onshore açaí cultivation, respectively. "We are going to present technologies generated by Embrapa that are available for adoption and contribute to the increase in production, productivity, fruit yields and regularity of crops, both in the floodplain areas and in the upland areas", stated the ...