1. Custo e Rentabilidade da Produção de Frutas na Região Sudeste da Bahia.
- Author
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de Araújo, Antônio Carlos, da Silva, Lúcia Maria Ramos, and Ahmad Saeed Khan
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FRUIT culture , *TROPICAL fruit , *COCOA industry , *COOKING , *PINEAPPLE , *RATE of return , *SCIENTIFIC method - Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the economic feasibility of selected main fruit produced in the southeast region of Bahia, traditionally a cocoa production area. The data were obtained by interviewing fruit producers of the region. Investment indicators and the production cost theory were used for data interpretation. The results showed that technology use of fruit production in the region is profitable. Passion fruit gave the highest internal rate of return. Pineapple had the lowest and soursop presented the highest unit cost of production among all the fruit considered in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2003