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The rhythm
of the
cycle
Brazilianpapayawent
throughadeclining
productionandprice
increasingphasefrom
2005to2016,whilsta
newpictureisarising
inthenextperiod
Últimas informações sobre omamão do Brasil
Safra
2014
2015
Área (ha)
32.031
30.285
Produção (t)
1.603.351
1.463.770
Valor (R$mil)
1.210.732
1.164.872
Fonte:IBGE/PAM2015
Exportação
2015
2016
Volume (Kg)
39.798.647
37.938.585
Receita (US$)
43.675.555
43.088.633
Fonte:Secex/MDIC.
COMOVAI OPAPAYABRASILEIRO
Brazilian papaya
P
apaya supplies suffered dras-
tic reductions from 2015 to 2016
in Brazil, second-biggest global
producer. The situation, accord-
ing to Rodrigo Martins, president
of the Brazilian Association of Papaya Pro-
ducers and Exporters (Brapex), results from
the variations in the fruit production cycles,
when supplies shrink and prices soar, en-
couraging the farmers to plant more fruit
trees which, in turn, press down the value,
the cultivation and the supply of fruits, in a
cycle that in this crop takes from 9 months
(from planting to the beginning of harvest)
to 21 months (full production). Further-
more, he stresses, the dry spells in the fruit
producing regions also play a decisive role.
The official mentions that the problem
occurredboth inNorthEspíritoSanto (State
that is the second biggest producer and
leading exporter) and in South Bahia (State
that leads production), as well as in North
Minas Gerais, in Western Bahia and in pro-
ducing areas in Rio Grande do Norte and
Ceará. “Dry spells and high temperatures
are to blame for the smaller productivi-
ty rates of the national papaya fields” ob-
servesMartins. TheBrazilian Instituteof Ge-
ography and Statistics (IBGE) ascertained
this reality in 2015, with reflections extend-
ing throughmost of 2016.
With no data available for the past year,
the Center for Applied Studies on Advanced
Economics (Cepea), of the Luiz de Queiroz
College of Agriculture (Esalq), the University
of SãoPaulo (Esalq/USP), by year’s end, had
ascertained an area reduction of 9.9%, from
