Economic value and development strategies for the bee honey production chain in Northeastern Pará.
Beekeeping, Meliponiculture, Market, Ecosystem Services, Business Strategies.
The Amazon has high potential for the development of beekeeping and meliponiculture due to territorial extension, climate and flora diversity. These activities combine the fundamental requirements of sustainable development, as they provide important environmental services, in addition to adapting to the social and productive context of regional family agriculture. The Northeast of Pará is one of the most important regions of honey production of bees in the Amazon, however, there is a lack of studies that address socioeconomic aspects and, mainly, that address strategic elements for the sustainable development of this production chain. The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate is to estimate the economic value of bee environmental services, identify the determining factors of honey production and the sustainable development strategies of the honey production chain in northeastern Pará. The data collection will be based on the official databases of several institutions related to the promotion, production and commercialization, as well as primary research with agents of this production chain. The expectation is that the results can subsidize strategic plans and public policies for the sustainable development of the honey production chain in northeastern Pará.