As práticas tradicionais e a introdução das inovações tecnológicas no cultivo do guaraná (Paullinia cupana variedade sorbilis) junto aos produtores de Maués/AM

Abstract

Guarana (Paullinia cupana variety sorbilis) is an Amazonian species that was first cultivated by the ancient Maues Indians. It was they who domesticated the guarana. The introduction of the technological innovations applied to the guaraná crop in the municipality of Maués occurred from 1999, due to the low productive performance of traditional plantations and the attack of pests and diseases that affected the plants. The seedlings until then harvested in the forests or produced in artisanal nurseries, are no longer recommended. Clonal cultivars, along with other technical practices, have become the only method of management recommended by the technicians. This research identified the traditional aspects of guaraná culture in the municipality of Maués that remain unchanged, those that are in disuse and which technological innovations have been implemented. Information collection was carried out among Maués guaraná producers living in the Maués-Açu rivers and their tributaries, Apocuitaua-Miri, Urupadi, Paricá and Marau, to EMBRAPA, IDAM, SEPROR, AMBEV technicians and 1st and 3rd grade students Series of the agricultural technical course of the Federal Institute of Amazonas, Maués campus. The impact of this work is to demonstrate that technological innovations can not eliminate traditional practices and that these should be protected, being vital for the preservation of the plant and the guaraná culture in the municipality of Maués.