Custos de implantação de um apiário para cooperativa de agricultura familiar

Abstract

Family farming in Brazil ensures the population's food sovereignty in addition to contributing to subsistence and increasing the availability of food varieties in the domestic market. It strategically participates in the generation and maintenance of income and in these establishments it is common to diversify activities among them, beekeeping has shown itself to be promising due to its low implementation cost, easy management and sustainable character. In addition, the honey produced contains high nutritional value, bringing countless benefits to the consumer. This work aims to quantify the total cost of the initial investment for setting up an apiary, whose main purpose is to supply the annual consumption of honey in a family farming cooperative composed of 160 families. We have as reference the agrarian reform settlement Zumbi dos Palmares, located in the municipality of Cláudia – MT. Through this research, we concluded that the necessary budget for the implementation of the activity aimed at the subsistence of 160 families requires an investment of R$ 121,878.68. The value is approximately equivalent to R$ 761.74 per family. The investment consists in the acquisition of materials such as: tools, equipment and essential clothing for the beginning of the beekeeping activity. This investment will enable an annual productivity of more than 3 tons of honey, a quantity that is sufficient to supply the annual per capita consumption of families with members between two to six people.