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The Mixed Agricultural Cooperative of Tomé-Açu (CAMTA), located in the northeastern region of Pará, was founded in 1929 by Japanese immigrants who arrived in the Amazon during the same period. Therefore, they will celebrate 100 years of Japanese immigration in 2029 and 100 years of the cooperative. There are many stories throughout these nearly 100 years, from the cultivation of black pepper, its heyday in the 1950s and its decline in the late 1960s, to the emergence of agroforestry crops in the 1970s and the vertical integration of production in the 1980s with the implementation of the fruit pulp agro-industry, with financial support from the Japanese government. Currently, it has 172 members and more than 1,800 registered family producers for the supply of raw materials (agricultural products). They produce 15 flavors of fruit pulps, in addition to marketing black pepper, cocoa almonds, and vegetable oils for national and international markets. CAMTA has become a reference for the agroforestry system – Tomé-Açu Agroforestry System (SAFTA) – as an economical and sustainable alternative for production in the field. They have numerous partnerships with various sectors of society and have accumulated awards such as social technology (dissemination of SAFTA) and best cocoa almond. Since 2010, they have annually organized the Tomé-Açu Agroforestry Seminar, which includes the participation of technicians, academics, and farmers to discuss and promote agroforestry systems. The partnership of our project with CAMTA has been long-standing – for almost 15 years – in order to face the challenges of production and commercialization and strengthen the chains of agroforestry products for small and medium producers.

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