STRUCTURAL ANALYSE OF ONION IN THE BRAZIL: FROM 1995 TO 2007

Abstract

This study presents the profile of the cultivated area, production, productivity and the evolution of the import anion in the Brazil, during the period from 1995 to 2007. Through the analyzed data it can be verified that, in spite of the cultivated area to have decreased in several Brazilian areas, the production increased, due, mainly, to the use of you cultivate more productive; that the largest producing Brazilian state is of Santa Catarina; and that the amount of imported onion decreased in this period because of Brazilian harvest to coincide with the harvest of other countries. It can be concluded that the Brazilian market should make available cultivate adaptable to each area of geographical and to invest more in technologies, to that the geographical areas have production stability.