Secagem natural de produtos agrícolas como alternativa de comercialização para a agricultura familiar em Rio Branco – Acre

Abstract

Family farming has been characterized as a fundamental part of the economic and social development of rural areas. In the state of Acre, it is considered to be of the peasant type, where land, work and family are inseparable categories, accounting for 52.37% of all production in the state. Through a product diversification strategy, based on the Brazilian population's food guide, and on minimally processed foods, solar dehydration of agricultural products emerges as a sustainable production alternative, as well as an important process in the context of food preservation, driving the growth of the sustainable market, through tradable products that do not harm nature and generate income for the rural producer. Based on this context, a bibliographical review was carried out, inspired by works published in databases specialized in scientific research, such as Scielo, Science Direct, search engines from Capes Periodicals and Google Academic, in the period from 2005 to 2021. The objective of the research it was to subsidize the family farmer, presenting the natural drying process as an alternative for conservation and adding value to agricultural products. The results showed that solar dehydration is a technique that contributes to reducing agricultural losses in the post-harvest stages, such as storage, transport, distribution and marketing, and can act as an economic, sustainable and ecologically viable alternative for the producer rural.