The aim of this work is to study the economic viability of Aloe vera L. and verify if the culture of this plant is or not an alternative economically viable for the farmer. The data of production cost used in this work were gotten in the areas of production and industrial installations of NATURAMA- Industry and Trade of Farming Products LTDA, settled in Paulo Lopes, SC. In the determination of the production cost of one Aloe vera L hectare, all the phases were taken into consideration, from the getting of molts up to the conclusion of the processing, when the final product is ready to the consumption, and in this case, it's a beverage in a way of juice. The processing data was made by using an electronic spread sheet developed specifically for this reason, which estimated the costs using the methodologies of the total cost (steady and variable costs) and of the total operational cost (effective operational cost and depreciations). By analyzing the profitability, it was concluded that the activity is economically viable.
Organic culture; production cost; profitability; Aloe vera
