Projeto caju: organização produtiva orientada para o desenvolvimento da cajucultura cearense

Abstract

The disarticulation of the cashew productive chain in the state of Ceará has revealed an impasse among producers and entrepreneurs who deal with the processing of cashew nut concerning the prices and the quality of raw material. As an altemative for the resolution of such impasse there is the Cashew Project which is in charge of organizing the producers and offer technical assistance with the objective of improving the production and the post harvest period aiming, this way, the improvement of productivity, as well as the quality of raw material and rentabilty of agricultural activity. The main concem of this research is to analyze the preliminary results of the Cashew Project which is coordinated by the “Federação de Agricultura e Pecuária do Estado do Ceara — FAEC” which counts especially with the partnership of SEBRAE-CE, SENAR-AR/CE and the SINDICAJU/FIEC. For the development of this work we researched the way through which the modemization of agriculture was introduced in the country side, as well as its reflexes. We also tried to find out about the kind of raw material aimed by the industry and how to reach it. Through some information we got from field research accomplished by the FAEC, some questions were evaluated, such as: the acceptance and viability of techniques and also how such questions are reflected in the producer's remuneration. It was noticed that the results reached can be used to signalize the changes of the present situation in which the cashew culture 1n the state of Ceará is inserted. Such results reached by the producers from Beberibe, Cascavel and Ocara initially involved in the project, can be used as an example and arise the interest of an even bigger number of producers, contributing for the strengthening of the cashew productive chan m the state of Ceará.