Abstract
The Vale do Amanhecer Farmers Cooperative (Juruena/MT) (COOPAVAM, Juruena/MT) was created in 2008 for development of one of the main value chains in the northwest region of MT (belonging to the Legal Amazon): Brazil nut. Similar to several other processing cooperatives in the Amazon region, it faces technological challenges: (i) non-standardized protocols for the production of "in natura"…