2013-08-072013-08-072008-03MOTA, Dalva Maria da; SCHMITZ, Heribert; SILVA JUNIOR, Josué Francisco da. Atores, canais de comercialização e consumo da mangaba no nordeste brasileiro. Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, Brasília, v. 46, n. 1, p. 121-143, jan./mar. 2008. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/resr/v46n1/a06v46n1.pdf>. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2013. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-20032008000100006>.0103-20031806-9479https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/4081The aim of this article is to analyse the processes which begins from raw material extraction to the consumption of mangaba, emphazising different actors, their relationships, marketing channels, and consumption characteristics. The research was carried out in the Northeast of Brazil (Brazilian states of Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe and Pernambuco) using quantitative and qualitative approaches. The main results indicated weak domestication of mangaba trees to attend to an increasing market demand, and threats to extractivism by external factors.porAcesso AbertoMangabaHancornia speciosa GomesExtrativismo vegetalConsumoAlagoas - EstadoBahia - EstadoPernambuco - EstadoSergipe - EstadoArtigo de Periódico