Aglomeração produtiva de fruticultura irrigada na microrregião do Cariri, Ceará

Abstract

The agribusiness fruit cearense is of fundamental importance for the Country, because the total value of exports corresponds to 11% of Brazilian exports of fruits. From this point of view framed the proposal to meet the characteristics of insertion and the possibilities of development of micro, small, medium and large producers in local productive arrangements (APL) for irrigated fruit in the Northeast region of Brazil in the State of Ceará. Specifically, the aim is to identify and analyze the business characteristics, the productive structure and the characteristics of the processes of innovation, cooperation and learning from the producers. The data collected were primary nature. Used the tabular and descriptive analysis technique for general characterization of agglomeration. It was noted, the nonexistence of APL in the region but the permanence of an agglomeration of producers who develop cooperation experiences shared among producers but few generate innovations in the activity.