PROPOSAL FOR INCOME GENERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES AMAZON/PROPOSTA DE GERACAO DE RENDA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTAVEL EM COMUNIDADES TRADICIONAIS DA REGIAO AMAZONICA

The sustainability of economic activity depends on its being culturally acceptable, socially just, economically viable and environmentally friendly. The objective of this study was to evaluate the social situation of Axixa Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil, and its potential to generate income and thereu...

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Published inRa'e ga no. 33; p. 248
Main Authors de Souza, Iracema Pinto, Yamamoto, Carlos Itsuo, Takeshita, Elaine Vosniak, Mathias, Alvaro Luiz
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Editora da UFPR 01.04.2015
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Summary:The sustainability of economic activity depends on its being culturally acceptable, socially just, economically viable and environmentally friendly. The objective of this study was to evaluate the social situation of Axixa Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil, and its potential to generate income and thereupon propose a sustainable community activity. The group of traditional inhabitants, the " quebradeiras de coco", presents a precarious social situation. They collect babassu fruits (Orbignya spp.) of the region and remove their almonds with the aid of an axe and a wooden bat. The almonds are roasted in heated metal plates, crushed in mortar and boiled in water to release the oil. The supernatant oil released by this process is removed from the cauldron after cooling and marketed at low cost on site. However, there is good potential to increase the income of many of these residents by a technological transfer from oil extraction by cold-pressing babassu while still respecting the sociocultural reality. Thus, an affirmative action policy for the installation of a chemical micro industry can recover the investment in about three years, considering the production of virgin oil and more favorable conditions for its marketing, which will also ensure the maintenance of these palm forests. Keywords: sustainable development, traditional community, public policy. A sustentabilidade de uma atividade economica esta associada a aceitacao cultural, viabilidade economica, justica social e ao ecologicamente correto. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a situacao social da comunidade de Axixa do Tocantins, TO, Brasil, e seu potencial de gerar renda para propor uma atividade sustentavel. As "quebradeiras de coco", grupo de cultura local, apresenta uma situacao social precaria. Elas catam frutos do babacu (Orbignya spp.) da regiao e retiram suas amendoas com auxilio de machado e bastao de madeira. As amendoas sao torradas em chapas metalicas aquecidas, trituradas em pilao e cozidas em agua para liberacao do oleo. O oleo desprendido sobrenada e e retirado apos o resfriamento do caldeirao, sendo comercializado a baixo custo no local. No entanto, um bom potencial de aumentar a renda de varios desses moradores e possivel por meio da transferencia de tecnologia de extracao do oleo por prensagem a frio de babacu, com o devido respeito aquela realidade sociocultural. Nesse sentido, uma acao de politica publica afirmativa para instalacao de uma microindustria quimica pode recuperar o investimento em cerca de tres anos, considerando a producao de oleo extravirgem e condicoes mais favoraveis de sua comercializacao, o que tambem garantira a manutencao das matas desta palmeira. Palavras-chave: desenvolvimento sustentavel, comunidade tradicional, politica publica.
ISSN:1516-4136