The Brazil nuts production chain in front of new stringent European import standards : consequences and priorities for private and public actions

Piketty Marie-Gabrielle, Bayma M., Diniz Janaina, Santos J.C.. 2010. The Brazil nuts production chain in front of new stringent European import standards : consequences and priorities for private and public actions. In : International symposium ISDA 2010. Innovation and sustainable development in agriculture and food : Abstracts and papers = International symposium. ISDA 2010. Innovation et développement durable dans l'agriculture et l'agroalimentaire. Coudel Emilie (ed.), Devautour Hubert (ed.), Soulard Christophe-Toussaint (ed.), Hubert Bernard (ed.). UMR INNOVATION, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA. Montpellier : CIRAD, 1 p. International symposium ISDA 2010, Montpellier, France, 28 Juin 2010/1 Juillet 2010.

Résumé : Brazil nut is one of the few non timber forest products being significantly explored, commercialized and exported by farmers and extractivist communities of the Brazilian Amazon. Such exploration provides additional income to around 15 000 families, who also manage agricultural systems in their landholding deforested area. Brazil nuts are exported mainly unshelled and shelled, with few exportations of secondary transformed products. The most lucrative Brazilian unshelled nuts export market was Europe until the beginning of the year 2000. However, since then, Europe has changed its imports standards because of the harmful consequences on human health of food products presenting aflatoxins contamination. The news aflatoxins contamination limits are lower than most of Brazilian unshelled nuts exports contamination levels. The Brazilian Research Institute for Agriculture (Embrapa), in cooperation with several institutions, has rapidly developed research programs aimed at identifying the good exploration practices allowing to decrease contamination risks. Such practices have started to be disclosed amongst Brazil nuts extractivist communities. Despite such mobilisation, unshelled Brazil nuts exports to Europe did not start again.

Classification Agris : E71 - Commerce international
E10 - Économie et politique agricoles
Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Piketty Marie-Gabrielle, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (FRA)
• Bayma M., EMBRAPA (BRA)
• Diniz Janaina, UNB [Universidade de Brasilia] (BRA)
• Santos J.C., EMBRAPA (BRA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/558168/)

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