Use, perception, and local management of Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore in rural communities in the Brazilian Savanna

Table 1 Quantities and values of the products from the extraction of carnaúba (Copernicia prunifera) in two rural communities in the northeastern semiarid region

	Bem Quer community	Cana community
Quantity of straw leaves (in thousands of leaves)
Extracted per year	150 to 600 thousand	200 to 900 thousand
Extracted per day	20 to 30 thousand	20 to 50 thousand
Quantity of leaves necessary to obtain 1 kg of powder	1000 leaves	1000 leaves
Values (R$/US$)
Sale of the powder from the open leaves—each kilogram	R$ 2.50 to 3.00 (US$ 0.59 to 0.71)^a	R$ 5.00 (US$ 1.20)^a
Sale of the powder from closed leaves (carnaúba “eye”)—each kilogram	R$ 5.50 to 6.00 (US$ 0.76 to 1.44)^a	R$ 7.00 to 8.00 (US$ 1.68 to 1.70)^a

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