ZONING OF CLIMATE FITNESS OF STRAWBERRY CROPS IN PERNAMBUCO STATE - BRAZIL

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ZONING OF CLIMATE FITNESS OF STRAWBERRY CROPS IN PERNAMBUCO STATE - BRAZIL
Revista de Geografia (Recife) - ISSN: 0104-5490
UFRPE
Autor
José Machado Coelho Júnior
Fernando de Oliveira Mota Filho
Ranyére Silva Nóbrega
Eugenia Cristina Pereira
Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende
Assunto
Pernambuco
aptidão agrícola
clima
cultivo
Abstract
The practice of strawberry culture in Brazil occurs in South and Southeast States of the country, with low emphasis to Northeast region, especially in Pernambuco. The strawberry is a fruit that has great financial return generating employment and foreign exchange for states and municipalities. The discovery conducive areas for cultivation can generate greater local development. Aiming the expansion of agricultural frontier of the strawberry, this work has aimed to indicate the suitable municipalities in Pernambuco to strawberry cultivation. Based on temperature and altitude data, a map of cities with potential was generated, where places and appropriate season for cultivation in Pernambuco were determined. The municipality of Poção was demonstrated as an excellent alternative to the strawberry cultivation in the months of June to October. Caetés, Garanhuns, Jucati, Paranatama, Saloá, Taquaritinga do Norte and Triunfo showed to be municipalities with medium potential for cultivation between July and August, except Triunfo, whose period is extended until September.
volume
33
issue
3
Date
2016
Língua
pt
issn
2238-6211
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