PRODUTION COST OF BLACKBERRY CROP IN A TROPICAL AREA

Growing blackberry is quite recent in Brazil. The species gets easily adapted, with low cooling demand and low use of agrochemicals. This fruit has drawn the attention of the consumers due to the presence of phenolic compounds with anti-oxidizing features. This research aimed at analyzing blackberry crops economically, on the first production year. In order to estimate the technical coefficients matrix and the producing costs, the prices were surveyed from a producer and the rest of the data were obtained from an experiment in 2007. According to the data and the calculated costs, in the first yield was 3000 kg ha(-1), with cost producing and cultivation for the first year of R$ 8,710.63 and the second year had a cost of R$ 6,467.50. The producing costs were low in comparison with others perennials fruit crops in this region, showing that this activity can be an alternative for smallholders.