Andiroba (crabwood) oil production in the Guyana Shield region, for the Amazon rainforest conservation as well as the strengthening of traditional communities

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Project focused on the development of collaborative research on the ecology, management and technological processing of andiroba oil, strengthening the integration of related countries and the conservation of the Amazon rainforest in the region of the Guiana shield. Among the specificities of this study are the comparison of traditional andiroba oil extraction processes in the Brazilian Amazon and in Suriname; monitoring the production and physical-chemical quality of oil associated with best production practices and evaluating seeds and oil storage methods; the characterization of oils and address if their medicinal properties are more associated with traditional extraction practices than with press extraction; The evaluation of the efficiency of different types of press and recommendation of a specific pressing process for andiroba seeds; in addition to the exchange of knowledge and experiences between the teams, on digital mapping, ecological studies and management of andiroba tree populations and produced oils.

Status: Completed Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014 Conclusion date: Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

Head Unit: Embrapa Amapá

Project leader: Marcelino Carneiro Guedes

Contact: marcelino.guedes@embrapa.br