In the Acaí Value Chain, REM MT seeks to structure the following links: inputs, collection, processing and commercialization. With this, the objective is to work the entire product chain, involving farmers from the Amazon region of Mato Grosso, establishing differentiated products, with required phytosanitary and environmental care.

The açaí palm tree is one of the main species of native socio-biodiversity in the Amazon. In the context of Mato Grosso, açaí palm trees are found in abundance in the municipalities of Aripuanã, Alta Floresta, Apiacás, Paranaíta and Porto dos Gaúchos. However, there is still no tradition in the state regarding fruit extraction, which is why REM MT seeks to strengthen the structuring of initiatives in the Açaí value chain.

Babaçu is a palm tree with a single stem, reaching 20 meters in height. The fruits are arranged in clusters, which contain between 150 and 300 fruits. In general, this palm tree spreads easily in pasture areas. In Mato Grosso, babassu production is concentrated in four quilombola communities and one Morroquian community, in the North and Northwest and Center-South and South-West regions. Families sell the babaçu fruit in natura, and also process it into oil, brown sugar and flour. In general, the product is sold directly to the private market.

The main challenges in this chain are: financial and administrative management of organizations; low availability of working capital; access to markets, access to technical assistance and production management; sanitary requirements and maintenance of babassu groves. Therefore, REM MT seeks to support solutions with resources to resolve these bottlenecks and strengthen the babassu value chain.

In Mato Grosso, the pequi is one of the state's symbolic trees, representing the traditions and cuisine of the cerrado. In 2020, the state produced 255 tons of the fruit, in 15 municipalities, most notably Ribeirão Cascalheira, with a total of 78% of regional production.

In this production chain, 472 producers and 180 families were identified. However, only two families in this universe benefit from the product. Therefore, the focus of REM MT will be on supporting the organizations' production processes, which involve collection, processing, construction of sheds for storing production, in addition to the acquisition of vehicles for the adequate transport of the product.

The Milk Value Chain involves 9,417 producers who are distributed in 10 intermunicipal consortia, which cover all regions of Mato Grosso. In addition to family farmers, the milk chain has quilombola and Moroccan producers, who sell fresh milk, cheeses, curd cheese and other derivatives, for dairy industries, sales to the government, local commerce and fairs.

In this chain, the focus of REM MT is to strengthen the links of “inputs”, “production”, “processing”, “storage” and “trade”. Such links involve issues such as: pasture renovation, acquisition of milking machines, training in production management and pasture management techniques, installation of an artisanal cheese factory, training in techniques for sanitary adaptation and cheese production.

Mato Grosso has a coffee production area of ​​8.4 thousand hectares, which gives an annual production of 121.4 thousand bags, according to the National Supply Company (Conab). In the state, the five largest producers are: Colniza, Juína, Aripuanã, Nova Bandeirantes and Cotriguaçu. Currently 31 municipalities produce the grain. This places Mato Grosso in 9th place in national production, being responsible for 0.19% of the coffee produced in the country.

REM MT seeks to strengthen the coffee value chain by supporting technical assistance and rural extension (Ater) on properties. Such action reduces existing socio-environmental risks, the pressure to open new areas and results in production efficiency, through environmental regularization in accordance with legislation. Strengthening also takes place through the implementation of Technical Reference Units (URTs), promoting improvements in family income and quality of life, in addition to field days to disseminate the results achieved among coffee producing families.

Mato Grosso produces 615 tons of cocoa annually, according to IBGE. This production is concentrated in 12 municipalities, with highlights being the cities of Colniza, Alta Floresta and Cotriguaçu.

REM MT seeks to structure this value chain by investing in technical assistance and rural extension on assisted properties. This occurs through the acquisition of inputs, implementation of Technical Reference Units (URTs), as well as the training of technicians in sustainable production, and family farmers in technologies to strengthen their activities, seeking to improve income and quality. of their lives. This work is developed in partnership with the Mato Grosso Research, Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Empaer-MT).

In the State, Tahiti lemon production stands out in generating income for producing families in cities such as: Matupá, Peixoto de Azevedo, Cuiabá, Rosário Oeste and Querência. With 1 hectare of lemon orchard (around 550 feet), a production of 11 tons of the fruit can be achieved. However, despite all its potential, the planting of citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, lime, tangerine and cider is still an activity that is little explored in Mato Grosso.

Thus, to strengthen the lemon value chain, REM MT invested in the implementation of a Technical Reference Unit (URT), which serves as an example of sustainable production and income generation for producers in the 14 municipalities that make up the Baixada Cuiabana. . The project also includes the acquisition of seedlings, fertilizers, limestone, an irrigation system and other inputs. This work is developed in partnership with the Mato Grosso Research, Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Empaer-MT)

According to IBGE, Mato Grosso produces 47 thousand tons of bananas per year. In this regard, the municipalities of Sinop (6.5 thousand tons) stand out; Tangará da Serra (5.4 thousand tons); and Peixoto de Azevedo, with 3.4 thousand tons of fruit.

To strengthen this value chain, REM MT invested in the implementation of a Technical Reference Unit (URT) and in training technicians in good environmental practices and dissemination of new production technologies. The structuring of the chain is also sought through workshops for family farmers, with the aim of training them in the application of technologies to improve production, in economic, environmental and social aspects.

There are four seed networks operating in Mato Grosso: the Xingu Seed Network, Cerrado Seed Network, Cerrado Network and Portal da Amazônia Seed Network. The networks generally involve indigenous people, rural producers, family farmers, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organizations, social movements, schools and civil society entities. In the Xingu region, for example, there are 568 collectors (230 families). The product is sold in local, regional and national markets.

In the state, REM MT seeks to strengthen the links in this production chain by supporting the purchase of new equipment, renovation of seed houses, including the cold chamber, washing tanks, packaging for storage, training of collectors, as well as vehicles for transporting the product. It is also worth highlighting that forest seeds have become a growing demand from rural producers, who seek to adapt to the laws, restoring the environmental liabilities of their properties.

Brazil nuts are considered one of the most important species in the extraction of non-timber forest products in Brazil. In Mato Grosso, this value chain is concentrated in the regions of Alto Teles Pires, Portal da Amazônia, Vale do Arinos, Vale do Guaporé, Vale do Juruena and Vale do Teles Pires. In Portal da Amazônia alone, which encompasses 16 municipalities, there are 300 almond producers, who sell them in the shell, freshly peeled, sweet and salted, as well as nut sweets and other products. In the 2019/2020 harvest alone, the estimated collection was 200 tons, with the sale of 8,200 cans.

In this production chain, REM MT seeks to structure the following links: Inputs, production, storage and trade. Within this universe, there is a need for investments in sanitary adequacy, support in marketing to break the strong dependence on middlemen, protective equipment for collection (PPE) and breaking of hedgehogs.

The rubber tree is a tree native to the Amazon. Mato Grosso is one of the largest producers of natural rubber, with 23 tons produced in 2021. In the state, rubber production is in the hands of 528 producers and 112 families, distributed in the regions Médio Araguaia, Norte Araguaia, Alto Rio Paraguai, Vale do Juruena and Vale do Guaporé. The product is sold to the Government and also to the private market.

This production chain in the State is relatively structured, although there are major challenges, especially for small producers. Therefore, REM MT seeks to support situations such as: training in administrative-financial management of communities; logistical support for product sales; acquisition of inputs, trucks to transport production, in addition to the construction of rubber processing and storage sheds, until the sale of the product.

The cumbaru, also known as baru, bugre nut and cumarurana, is a species native to the Cerrado and Pantanal. In the State, its extractivism brings an alternative in supplementing income to producers, who, in 2020, exported 300 tons of nuts to a North American company, through the Cooperativa Central da Agricultura Familiar da Baixada Cuiabana (Coopecentral), which involves more than a thousand families involved in cumbaru extraction.

In Mato Grosso, REM MT seeks to structure this value chain by expanding the capacity and quality of product storage, with the aim of gaining a financial advantage in marketing and having the capacity to flow production, without dependence on third parties. In this way, investments are concentrated in the inputs, production, storage and trade links.

Currently, Mato Grosso produces 466 tons of honey per year, which ranks 14th in national production. According to the State Secretariat for Family Agriculture (Seaf-MT), the state uses only 0.3% of the potential it has in this sector, even though it has three biomes (Cerrado, Amazon and Pantanal), where there is a variety of species of bees that directly contribute to honey production.

To structure this value chain, REM MT invests resources to expand the meliponarium at UFMT/Sinop Campus; technical training of meliponists; contribution to the implementation and expansion of regional meliponiculture; and technical training for honey-producing agribusinesses in the northern region of the state.

The production of Cajá Nativo is in the context of the fruit sector, in which 80% of the fruits consumed in Mato Grosso are imported from other states, according to the State Secretariat for Family Agriculture (Seaf-MT).

Given this scenario, REM MT seeks to strengthen this value chain, financing a fruit pulp production project (including native cajá), which provides income generation, as well as sustainable development, for more than 100 families residents of settlements in the northern region of the state. Among the objectives, the construction of an agroindustry with greater capacity for receiving, extracting, packaging and storing the pulp and juice of the native cajá, as well as other fruits from the Amazon region of Mato Grosso, stands out.