Ações integradas para Introdução do yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poep. & Endl) na Região Serrana do Espírito Santo

ANGELETTI, Maria da Penha; SOUZA, Jacimar Luís de; COSTA, Helcio; MUZZI, Ernesto de Moraes; GONÇALVES, Horacio Vicente Caetano; PILLON, Lucas Contarato

Integrated actions to the introduction of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poep & Endl) on Mountainous Region Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Authors

ANGELETTI, Maria da Penha Incaper - Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural
SOUZA, Jacimar Luís de Incaper
COSTA, Helcio Incaper
MUZZI, Ernesto de Moraes Incaper
GONÇALVES, Horacio Vicente Caetano EFASJG - Escola Família Agrícola são João do Garrafão
PILLON, Lucas Contarato Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Keywords:

crop diversification, family agriculture, safe agricultural products, functional foods

Abstract

A study was carried out to introduce yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poep. & Endl.) in Serrana
Region of Espírito Santo State, Brazil, based on family farmers’s demand interested in their
medicinal attributes, for the diversification of high value-added crops in agro-systems and the
potential for use in the unconventional sugar industry. A partnership was made to: identify Brazilian
commercial producers, organize 45 farmers as a “pioneer productive group”, and adapt
production technologies, collective purchase of seedlings, technical follow-up, market opening,
and staggered crop organization.