2017-11-162017-11-161999-12MILHOMEM, Alzirene de Vasconcelos; TEIXEIRA, Sônia Milagres. A cultura do açafrão (Curcuma longa L.) em Goiás - contribuições para a sustentabilidade. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, Goiânia, v. 29, n. 2, p. 81-87, jul./dez. 1999. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2855/2904>.1517-6398http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12868Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), widely used as a natural colorific and spice, besides as a therapeutic agent, is cultivated by important group of small family fanners, in Mara Rosa, Goiás, Brazil. ln an attempt to offer subsidies to a research project with the crop and product processing, with quality, this research was developed, among the objectives to promete sustainability and pluriactivity of family fanns in Goiás State. The study confirms the importance of alterna tives for crop management and processing with quality, besides describing socio-economic aspects of the activity, in a region characterized by concentration of poverty.porAcesso AbertoAgricultura familiarTecnologiasProcessamentoCustos de produçãoFamily farmTechnologyProcessingProdution costsArtigo