BORGES, Maria da Glória Borba.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6509761536766348; BORGES, Maria da Gloria Borba.
Resumo:
The beekeeping is an activity developed in various Brazilian states, and
particularly in the state of Paraíba and other states of the northeast is climatic and
environmental conditions quite favorable. An important social aspect in the production of
honey and its derivatives, in reality this state, is the fact that it is usually developed by small
farmers in several counties of this state, whose beekeepers who have attained a higher level of
organization already produce honey with quality for export which is still held indirectly
through companies from other states. Our aim was to perform a socioeconomic and
environmental study, but also verify the sustainability in beekeeping in five beekeepers
associations in high hinterland of Paraíba. Data collection on the agents involved in this
activity, took place through the application of questionnaires and conducting semi-structured
interviews, applied directly with members of Beekeepers' associations in five municipalities
in the backwoods of Paraíba. The association with the highest Quality of Life Index (IQV)
was Santa Helena, with 1.5278. Followed by Triunfo with 0.9333, São João do Rio do Peixe
with 0.8167, 0.7778 with Catolé do Rocha and Poço José de Moura with 0.6889, respectively,
showed that 100% of surveyed beekeepers have at least one of goods of groups 1, 2 and 3, the
composition of the Capital Index (ICS), the highest value was found in Catolé do Rocha:
0.8999, followed by São João do Rio do Peixe with 0.8570 reached high level of development
indicator in capital. For Environmental Index we can see that the association of São João do
Rio do Peixe, had the highest environmental indicator index, 0.9143, followed by Catolé do
Rocha with 0.8857. For the five associations found the average values for the Sustainability
Index (SI) of 0.8472.