Produção de farinha de mandioca na comunidade de pedras-AM

Abstract

This work discusses the production of cassava flour, through feeding and commercialization in the community of Pedras in the city of Barreirinha-AM. For this analysis, the qualitative-quantitative methods and the case study were adopted, through questionnaires whose generated data resulted from the description of the profile of the flour producers. Cassava flour is the object of study by which it demonstrates its organization at different times as the great consumption of this community. The study analyzes the consumption and commercialization of cassava flour in the community. The research points out several elements that contributed to analyze the consumption and commercialization of flour. In the community, the interviewed families confirmed that 100% of the flour production is for consumption and 0% is for sale. This reality is notorious in a community where cassava flour is one of the main foods for producers. However, in that community there is no food crisis. The availability of this food is annual among producer families that use this product. Food is life, culture, resistance. The current macroeconomics significantly interferes in the life of communities across the globe, and the Pedras community is no different. However, this food is still marginalized in relation to others, as there are few studies on flour and its relationship with food security for Amazonian peoples. Thus, The study concludes that the production of cassava flour is more for the consumption of producers in the community. And not for marketing. According to all the families, the production of flour is 100% for the food of the producers.