THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF COCOA PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN MUNICIPALITIES OF WESTERN AMAZONIA.

Rosa Paes; Maria Medeiros; Maria das Graças Ferraz Bezerra; Gabriel Costa Moia Maciel; Jorge Manuel Filipe dos Santos

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1442174

Título do Trabalho

THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF COCOA PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN MUNICIPALITIES OF WESTERN AMAZONIA.

Autores

Rosa Paes
Maria Medeiros
Maria das Graças Ferraz Bezerra
Gabriel Costa Moia Maciel
Jorge Manuel Filipe dos Santos

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 07 - The Governance of Local Productive Systems and Territorial Development: Analysis and Case Studies

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1442174-the-socioeconomics-of-cocoa-production--a-case-study-in-municipalities-of-western-amazonia

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

Amazon, agriculture, cocoa, sustainability, territory

Resumo

Brazil ranks 7th as the world's largest producer of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), recognized as an important agricultural commodity and for promoting employment in rural areas, generating income, and providing ecosystem services. Understanding its importance, this research aimed to understand the socioeconomic background of cocoa farmers in the municipalities of Ourilândia do Norte and Tucumã, in the state of Pará, Eastern Amazon. Structured questionnaires with 152 questions related to socioeconomic and productive profiles were used. 230 people were interviewed in Ourilândia do Norte and 284 in Tucumã, totaling 514 families. After data collection, exploratory multivariate data analyses were performed. The research results showed that rural property management is carried out by adult men, married, and with low levels of education. The social infrastructure, considered in this study to be basic sanitation and quality of access, confirmed the reality experienced in other municipalities, especially in rural areas. This condition weakens the cocoa farming value chain and excludes producers from competing in the market on an equal footing with other commodities. The average income of US$140.90 and the legal insecurity regarding land regularization were observed with concern, as the number of respondents who did not possess any land title was 206 in Ourilândia do Norte and 167 in Tucumã. An important conclusion was the representativeness of family farming, confirmed by the average size of rural properties: 28.5 hectares in Ourilândia do Norte and 58.5 hectares in Tucumã. The results found throughout the research are fundamental to understanding and identifying possible weaknesses in the cocoa farming value chain in Brazil, and based on these results, to creating solutions to strengthen family farmers who cultivate cocoa in the studied territory, thereby creating more opportunities in the countryside

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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PAES, Rosa et al.. THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF COCOA PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN MUNICIPALITIES OF WESTERN AMAZONIA... In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1442174-THE-SOCIOECONOMICS-OF-COCOA-PRODUCTION--A-CASE-STUDY-IN-MUNICIPALITIES-OF-WESTERN-AMAZONIA. Acesso em: 22/09/2026