Due to extensive cattle ranching, babassu groves in Maranhão state are destroyed for creation of pasture, generating conflicts among fmailies living off of these babassu groves and cattle ranchers who own the land and charge for removal of palmnuts. Thus, this project seeks to strengthen the Babassu Palmnut Cracker Association in the Petrolina Village, formed by a group of women in the region , help improve babassu processing, diffuse results of the projects and introduce quantitative and qualitative babassu flesh production in the market, resulting in quality of life, reduced conflicts due to babassu removal and more comprehensive use of the palmnut