Culture Of Flowers

The plantios are located in the region of the Zone of sergipana Mata, very propitious for the culture of tropical flowers, mainly in the cities of Ranch, Boquim, Lizard, Umbaba, Salgado and Itabaiana. For the time being, the production of helicnicas, muses, gingers, alpnias, antrias and foliages is commercialized in the proper one been. But, with the increase of the planted area, the goal is to start to also vender for other states and countries. ' ' To cultivate tropical flowers became an excellent chance of investimento' ' , it affirms Zezinho Guimares, superintendent of the Sebrae (Brazilian Service of Support to the Micron and Small Companies) in Sergipe. In the end of last November, the Sebrae promoted a course on Culture of Tropical Flowers, in which the general aspects of the floricultura in Brazil and the world, the current panorama of the tropical floricultura, the harvest and after-harvest of the main species had been boarded, logistic of the commercialization and the culture. Guaranteed return the adhesion of the producers to the new business is on to the work that comes being developed for the Sergiflora, in partnership with the Sebrae and the Secretariat of the Agriculture of the State of Sergipe.

The focus of the association is to fortify the production and the ornamental commercialization of tropical flowers and plants, with the qualification of the producers and the man power and the development of the productive chain. To this, the entity comes developing a series of activities of promotion and qualification, as trips techniques for the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Bahia and Cear, where it has consolidated polar regions. ' ' The floricultura of the return, but is not imediato' ' , it informs the entrepreneur Vera Soares, one of the pupils of the courses of the Sebrae. It started cultivating one hectare. Today plant flowers and foliages in six. To develop the sector, the Sergiflora firmed a protocol with diverse entities – the Secretariat of Agriculture, the Sebrae, the Emdagro (Company of Farming Development of Sergipe), the Federal University of Sergipe, the University Tiradentes, the Embrapa, the Bank of Brazil, Northeast bank and the Banese (Bank of the State of Sergipe). In 2003 the Cooperative of Producers of Tropical Flowers was created to alavancar the commercialization of the products. At the moment the entity passes for reorganization process. It reads more Notice of Flowers