Pará leads production of açaí, cocoa and palm oil

In addition to playing a leading role in the production of these three crops in the country, the State of Pará has sufficient potential to expand cultivation. The natural potential is in place: favorable soil, water and sunlight. Factors that, combined with the development of research and technology and the application of public policies, lead Pará to the leading role in the cultivation of three important cultures, oil palm, cocoa and native açaí. Responsible for the highest percentage of national production in the three products, the State not only remains in the lead, but still has sufficient potential to expand it. Faced with the need to receive at least 2,000 hours of sunshine and 2,000 millimeters of rain per year, palm found in Pará the ideal conditions to make the State responsible for about 95% of the national production of palm oil. For this to be possible, a combination of different policies was necessary. “In the case of oil palm, that was it, we are in a favorable ...