Abstract:
The peanut has its center of origin in South America. It is known that the peanut crop is of great
importance in Brazilian agribusiness and in other areas of the world. Mainly due the economic
importance, the revenue generated for the producing regions, and with an impact on the trade
balance. In this context the objective of this work is to carry out a literature review on the
alternatives for the exploitation of the peanut crop in Brazil. Based on the results found, it can be
extrapolated to other peanut crop areas in other countries. We results demonstrate that the
peanuts plants can be exploited for various purposes. For example, human feed being a highly
protein food rich in vitamins and minerals. Production of biodiesel that is in high rise in the
world and receiving many investments from the Brazilian government and from big companies.
The use of agricultural consortia promotes greater moisture retention. In this way the peanut
goals as an alternative, go beyond being an important nutritive source for human society, a
legume, alternative fodder plant, but is possible the peanut plants increases the establishment of
bacteria fixing of nitrogen and assists in the recovery of degraded areas. Considering that the
area planted in Brazil increased by 74% and with the establishment of modern agricultural the
industries, the agribusiness of this oilseed tends to be quite widespread for small, medium and
large rural farmers. |
