2024-09-032024-09-032023-06-29CABRAL, Rayanni Corrêa. Produção de açaí na microrregião de Cametá: indicação geográfica e a perspectiva do desenvolvimento territorial. Orientador: Benedito Ely Valente da Cruz. 2023. 141 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geografia) - Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, 2023.https://portaldaposgraduacao.uepa.br/handle/riuepa/169AbertoIndicação geográficaAçaíMicrorregião de CametáGeographical indicationMicroregion of CametáDissertaçãoCiências HumanasAçaí is one of the main components of the diet of people from Pará, and in recent times it has become one of the main fruits in the export basket of the State of Pará. The present work discusses the relevance of a Geographical Indication (GI) of the açaí produced in the Microregion of Cametá. To achieve this objective, the work was developed through a qualitative-quantitative research, as it aimed at the use of questionnaires, interviews, analyzes and production of statistical data, starting from the point of view of social reports of a discursive nature. Methodological procedures of bibliographical research were adopted, data surveys (secondary and primary sources) and field work carried out in the Ver-Peso market, as the main commercial center of the State of Pará and in the açaí processing industries of the Microregion of Cametá. A survey of official data from government agencies was used, in addition to documentary research as a very important methodological instrument for collecting information to carry out the analysis of reports from the IBGE, association and other institutions. The theoretical-conceptual basis of the research is based on the concept of geographical indication, understood as a quality record that guarantees protection to the name of the producer, the product and its production territory, thus being pointed out as a tool to induce grassroots development local-territorial. The main results of the research point to the relevance of the potentiality of a geographical indication of açaí for the Microregion of Cametá, based on data collected from the recognition of the fruit in commerce and industries. Preference locations were identified that have similar production characteristics in the region. It was also found that the açaí production qualification process in the region is still precarious and steps need to be taken in the eradication of child labor and in the informalization of the extraction of the product, which is still very risky. The Geographical Indication is pointed out as a solution to this problem, since it obeys legislative and social criteria and makes it possible to expand the qualification of production throughout the territory.PPGG - Análises socioespaciais e territoriais do campo na Amazônia