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Brazil: Project supports acaí production in the Tarauacá-Envira region

Fresh Acai
Brazil
Published May 4, 2022

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In April, Embrapa Acre started the project “Cultivo Racional de Açaizeiro”, developed in the Tarauacá-Envira Region, in partnership with family producers, extractivists, technicians from the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of Acre (Emater) and secretariats of agriculture in the State and in the municipalities of Feijó and Tarauacá. Effective for two years, the initiative is one of the 11 projects that are part of the project "Bioeconomy and sociobiodiversity of important production chains in family farming, with an emphasis on the Cerrado and Amazon biomes", which aims to support the structuring, strengthening and improvement of various production chains in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes.

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In April, Embrapa Acre started the “Rational Cultivation of Açaizeiro” project, developed in the Tarauacá-Envira Region, in partnership with family producers, extractivists, technicians from the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of Acre (Emater) and secretariats agriculture in the state and in the municipalities of Feijó and Tarauacá. Effective for two years, the initiative is one of the 11 projects that are part of the project "Bioeconomy and sociobiodiversity of important production chains in family farming, with an emphasis on the Cerrado and Amazon biomes", which aims to support the structuring, strengthening and improvement of various production chains in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. With the potential to benefit 100 rural families, the project has technology transfer actions, focusing on improving the single açaí (Euterpe precatoria) and clump açaí (Euterpe oleracea) production systems. The Work Plan includes activities such as seedling production, ...
Source: Embrapa
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