Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

The present work aims to diagnose the perception of the farmers of the community of Community Riacho da Serra, in São José do Sabugi-PB, regarding the degree of education, education, salary range and employment and income generation with the culture of Umbu. Initially visits were made in the community with the intention of exposing the idea and performing. The research was conducted during the period from march/2016 to may/2016. We applied structured questionnaires, previously made with the objective of involving and extracting the maximum information from the whole community. With the data in hand, figures were produced that demonstrate the perception of the cooperative farmers about the extraction of umbu, for example, incomplete first grade (47%), followed by complete high school (40%) which cultivate umbu as family income. As regards the process of extraction of umbu by Community producers, a number of uses may be indicated, with the main destinations being the pulp industry (34%), household consumption (33%), food for animals (19%) and direct sales (14%). Regarding marketing, when the sale was made, the bag price of 3.0 kg ranged between R $ 2.00 and R $ 2.50, and 62% of the producers consulted stated that they sell for a price of R $ 2.00, while 31% sell at R$ 2.50 and 7% at R$ 2.50. Of the producers that produce one hectare, 100% have another activity to supplement the income, among which: rice (85%), livestock (85%), handicrafts (7.5%) and others (7.5%).