A Cultura do mamão em municípios selecionados do extremo sul da Bahia: análise do índice tecnológico da comercialização e do custo social das perdas

Abstract

This work aims to identify the technological level, some aspects of commercialization and social cost of losses from waste in the production chain of papaya. Data were collected at the producer, wholesaler, retailer and consumer levels. Among the results, it is worth to cite: the observed technology index for papaya cropping was 0.756, considered an optimal technological standard, according to the classification adopted. The main conditioning factors of technology adoption are: agricultural credit, the level of education and number of years in the business. Retailers are the segment of the papaya marketing channel that collect the larger sales o margin, although wholesalers commercialize larger volumes. The social cost of production losses that occur from harvest to the consumer is 50 million Reais, becoming an important cost to society.