WHO IS THE COCOA FARMER WOMAN IN THE AMAZON?

AN ANALYSIS IN THE TRANSAMAZON REGION, PARÁ STATE

Abstract

The article characterizes who the cocoa-producing women of the Transamazon region, in the Brazilian Eastern Amazon, are by analyzing sociodemographic and land-tenure aspects based on primary data. The study is based on structured questionnaires applied to 49 cocoa production units managed by women in the municipalities of Altamira, Brasil Novo, Medicilândia, and Uruará between July and August 2023. The analysis considers variables such as age, educational level, migratory origin, and access to land. The results identify profiles marked by advanced age, basic formal education, and migratory trajectories, characteristics that reveal structural inequalities in access to land and productive resources. This characterization highlights gender inequalities that limit women’s access to land, productive resources, and public policies, despite their central role in Amazonian family farming.