Agribusiness in frontier: a possible relationship

Autor: Cláudia Heloiza Conte
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Geosul, Vol 34, Iss 71, Pp 407-427 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0103-3964
2177-5230
1982-5153
DOI: 10.5007/1982-5153.2019v34n71p407
Popis: Border areas are historically characterized by the development tertiary activities. The economic development of that spaces has been, since the genesis of most brazilian borders, linked to commercial activities. With differents characteristics in relation of others parts of national states, the frontiers didn’t count an intensive agriculture and livestock, which strengthened the ideia that the activities is not part of economic dynamic of this part of country. However, some border areas have important activity in agribusiness, such as the municipality of Uruguaiana in Rio Grande do Sul. From this and based in bibliographical analysis and field research, the objective of this work is present and discuss the agribusiness dynamics in Uruguaiana. It was verified that the municipality has in the rice cultivation and livestock the main economic activities, with expansion of rice cultivation in the last decades.
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