Diagnóstico socioeconômico e ambiental das quebradeiras de coco babaçu do município de Itapecuru-Mirim - MA

Abstract

The extractive activity of the babassu coconut, although it is a very old activity, still means a subsistence activity in the rural communities of Maranhão. The palm tree is able to generate several by-products and to move the local income of several families, when some kind of assistance is provided so that the extractivists are oriented in relation to the commercialization and control of the expenses of everything that is produced. The objective of this work was to make the socioeconomic and environmental analysis of the coconut breakers of the Canta Galo and Pedrinhas communities located in the rural area of the municipality of Itapecuru Mirim / MA. The survey made use of primary data through the use of a questionnaire with 26 open questions and secondary data. The data showed that in both communities there is a low level of schooling; the extractivism is characterized as subsistence and, when there is production surplus, there is a great difficulty in the commercialization of the products, favoring, thus, the presence of middlemen; most of the income does not exceed a minimum wage, there is a strong presence of institutional programs and; unfortunately, there is no environmental preservation