Abstract:
The oil extractors of andiroba seeds resident in the community of Island of Onças adopt the traditional extraction process, and the time taken to obtain the final product was on average, 42 days. The extractors were more than 40 years old, the transmission of knowledge occurred within the family and the commercialization of the product took place at the fairs of Barcarena and Ver-o-Peso, Belém.
Keywords:
Ilha das Onças; oil of crabwood; extractors community