Avaliação dos custos de produção em propriedades do município de Uruguaiana em comparação com a média estadual do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

In order to have an agricultural production, rational choices and the efficient use of productive factors are necessary, with this decision-making reflects in its total cost, thus having a good impact on the results of this activity. In this sense, the purpose of the present study is to compare the production costs of irrigated rice observed in the municipality of Uruguaiana-RS with the state average. Uruguaiana was the municipality chosen to represent the area covered by the Western Frontier, a region with great representation in rice production in the state. This region has 29% of the cultivated area of rice in Rio Grande do Sul and almost 30% of the production. It can be seen that the total state average cost increased by 14.78%, from R$10,078.00 in 2019 to R$11,567.74 in 2020. In Uruguaiana, the increase was lower, starting at R$7,070, 74 in 2019 to R$ 7,965.18 in 2020, an increase of 12.65% in the total cost. The average production cost of the state was 42.54% higher than the average production cost of the municipality of Uruguaiana in 2019 and 45.22% higher in 2020. The variation found between state and municipal averages shows an increase in the 2020 crop of 19 .87% compared to 2019. The main factor that drove the increase in total cost was the cost of factor income, with an increase in participation of 1.39% in the state average and 7.04% in the average municipality of Uruguaiana.