Partnership with Emater / PA should double the production of Brazil nuts

An innovation plan for the Castanha do Brasil supply chain has been in progress since the beginning of December, as part of an action carried out in partnership between the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of the State of Pará (Emater), Embrapa and Fundação Jari. The objective is to structure a process of technological innovations and market strategies for Brazil nuts, one of the main Brazilian non-timber forest products for export. The plan ranges from production, distribution and processing to the sale of the product to the final consumer. One of the steps that is already being planned is the planting, in the next three years, of 2 thousand hectares of Brazil nut trees in five municipalities in the Lower Amazon region (Alenquer, Óbidos, Oriximiná and Santarém) and in the region known as Vale do Rio Jari, which covers the municipality of Pará in Almeirim and the Amapeans of Laranjal do Jari, Mazagão and Vitória do Jari. For the supervisor of the impact prospecting ...