O agronegócio no Piauí: a problemática da terra no contexto da modernidade agrícola (1980 - 2015)

Abstract

The formation of Brazilian agrarian structures began with the formation of large estates, that is, a large part of Brazil's history was present in the maintenance of large tracts of land for various purposes. Brazilian agriculture considered one of the largest exporters of cereals, grains and fruits in the world, and started in the colonial period with the production of sugarcane and, later, coffee. During the so-called Economic Miracle, promoted by the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985), there was progress in the agribusiness sector, through subsidized rural credit, technical assistance and rural extension, and agricultural insurance. In Piauí, the Cerrados region, in the southwest of the state, was the main stage for agrarian incursions from the then Federal Government, the citizens of these cities and municipalities that comprise this region suffered and still suffer from such projects subsidized by the idea of economic development . The present work aims to analyze the advance of Agribusiness in the State, where it is more present than it is in the region known as Cerrado, which, in view of the state's geography, is found in the southwestern region of Piauí, in addition, considering the social and economic developments. environmental effects that this economic activity brought to the state between the years 1980 and 2015, an interval that includes the creation of the Instituto de Terras do Piauí and the year 2015 as a year that marks some changes and updates in the local land legislature. From the analysis of specific bibliographies that deal with the process of implementing agribusiness in the local scenario, from the investigation of governmental and non-governmental data produced by IBGE, INCRA, INTERPI, ANA, CPT, among others, for the construction of this work. From then on, it was possible to take partial considerations of the fragility, unstructuring and unevenness of the agribusiness economy, in which it ends up perpetuating the constant social problems in Brazil and against the background of progress