Viabilidade econômica do cultivo de nogueira pecã em áreas de reserva legal e de preservação permanente

Abstract

In the West region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil dominated by family farming, agricultural enterprises have found difficulties to get legalization due to current environmental legislation, especially regarding the Legal Reserve and resetting of permanent preservation areas. Thus, there is a need to analyze and propose alternatives to the continuation and maintenance of families with proper care and preservation of natural resources. The great difficulty is the need to abandon farming systems in those areas protected by law, prevaling in corn and soybeans, which causes an economic loss by not using these areas. Current legislation provides for recovery of some specific areas of legal forest reserve and permanent preservation of rural family property or possessions. Among these, there is the possibility of using non-invasive exotic fruit trees for restoration of legal forest reserve and agroforestry systems in the areas of permanent preservation. This study aimed to analyze the economic feasibility of a walnut pecan growing areas of legal reserve and permanent preservation. Economic viability was observed in the use of hickory pecan in restoration of legal forest reserve and agroforestry systems in the areas of permanent preservation. The culture was highly profitable in relation to traditional crops produced in the Far West region of Santa Catarina.