Análise da Cadeia Produtiva da Acerola Orgânica do Distrito de Irrigação dos Tabuleiros Litorâneos do Piauí – Ditalpi

Abstract

Sustainable development, as an alternative form of development, has become one of the main themes around the world since the twentieth century, as a means of reducing the serious and negative impacts of human activities on the planet. Sustainable agriculture has a direct link with

sustainable development, presenting itself as a trend in the search for the balance between eco- nomic production and environmental protection. In this context, organic agriculture is part of

the production of healthier foods without the use of chemical fertilizers. The general objective of this work was to analyze the organic acerola production chain of Piauí Coastal Tablelands Irrigation District - DITALPI and the specific objective was to examine the main inputs, the

production process, the commercialization of organic acerola, the characterization of the struc- ture. presentation of institutional support and a description of the producers' socioeconomic and

productive profile. Bibliographic research was used, such as scientific articles, dissertations, theses and field research in order to map all stages of the agents that make up its production chain. The results showed that the DITALPI acerola productive chain is composed by the link between the inputs, production, processing, distribution and commercialization, being the latter from the perspective of the internal and external markets, where the internal ones are divided

into markets. local, regional and national markets. It was also identified that the acerola com- mercialization has the following distribution: 71% (150 t) is destined to the pharmaceutical

industry of Vitamin C (Nutri-lite) in the external market, 23% (48 t) to the processing agro- industry (Fábrica Polpa Taste Show) destined to the local and regional market and 6% (12 t) to

the local and regional domestic market through the direct sale of acerolas in natura, generating a monthly revenue of R $ 420,000.00. In addition, organic acerola growers in the irrigation

district also have some partnerships aimed at strengthening and developing the productive clu- ster. Therefore, the production chain is of great importance, enabling the production of healthier foods, the generation of jobs, income and socioeconomic development for the region of Parna- íba - PI.