LCA Special Olive Oils of the Amazon
ACL SPECIAL OLIVE OILS FROM THE AMAZON – WITH RESEARCH ALREADY UNDERWAY – IS A TOOL WITH HIGH POTENTIAL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MARKET WITH THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF PROMOTING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
The world is currently focused on forest conservation and consumers are increasingly concerned about the origin and production processes. This concern increases when we talk about products from forests, especially from the Amazon. In this context, ACL’s function as a key tool for sustainable production.
Vegetable oils, which have been used for centuries by Amazonian peoples, have been in demand on the market, especially due to the growing number of cuisines based on natural products. However, special olive oils from the Amazon are scarce on the market because production is largely artisanal, with a micro-regional market and a lack of quality control.
ACL Special Olive Oils from the Amazon in Practice
See the technologies of the Amazon 4.0 Institute that will also be used in the ACL Special Olive Oils of the Amazon:
Smart manufacturing;
Automation with advanced sensors and dedicated computing;
Biosensors for quality analysis;
Broadband internet connectivity;
Electricity supplied by photovoltaic solar energy systems;
Full product traceability using QR codes and microchip and blockchain technologies;
Direct link between producers and consumers via smartphone apps.
Social technologies, taking advantage of the collective participation of communities to build and improve solutions.
Among the main obstacles to olive oil production reaching the market, the following stand out: technical knowledge, constant supply, quality and price. In Thus, the ACL models for the Buriti, Patauá, Tucumã, Castanha and Bacaba production chains aim to organize the production chain and provide quality to the products.
As a result, the ACL Special Olive Oils from the Amazon – with research already underway – is a tool with a high potential to meet the needs of the market with the distinctive benefit of promoting local development and conserving Amazonian biodiversity.
