Perfil técnico e econômico da fruticultura irrigada na microrregião do Cariri, Ceará

Abstract

The Ceara’s fruit agribusiness is of fundamental importance for the Country, because the total value of exports corresponds to 11 percent of the fruit Brazilian exports. From this point of view, this study aims to identify the technical and economic profile of irrigated fruit farming in the Cariri’s Northeast region in the State of Ceará. To do that, we classified the sample into homogeneous groups of producers and built an index that represents the level of dynamism or development of each producer for the local cluster of irrigated fruit. The data collected were primary in nature. The technique of factor analysis was used to define the factors and make the analysis of groups and form the homogeneous groups. The development of irrigated fruit production cluster is supported by a group of producers more integrated and intensive production processes, technological and training developed in local terms.