Análise do APL Mel do Sertão e seu impacto na região do sertão

Abstract

This paper analyzes the main impacts caused by the implementation of the “The Productive Arrangement of Honey from the Backwoods of Brazil". The study is based on the focus on the concepts of Local Development, Local Productive Arrangement, Honey Production and its Importance for Development, from the world-wide to the regional production that is the focus of the study. For this, the methodology used consists of the collection of bibliographic data of recent studies of organs such as IBGE, SEBRAE and CODEVASF for the formation of the socioeconomic profile of the cities that are part of the APL territory. A questionnaire was also applied to Cooperatives belonging to the APL, and the results demonstrate a considerable increase in Honey Production since the implementation of the Arrangement, however, climatic factors, such as the lack of rainfall, is one of the main obstacles for APL to continue obtaining success.