Análise do setor agropecuário de Itaqui - RS: avaliação da produção de arroz (Oryza sativa L.), soja (Glycine max L.), e milho (Zea mays L.) no período de 2014 a 2019

Abstract

Demands for food intensified agricultural research, which aim to increase productivity, mobilizing resources and leveraging agribusiness production chains, they mobilize resources and enhance the agribusiness production chains, especially in Rio Grande do Sul, as observed in Itaqui, in the Western Frontier region. The region is characterized by the cultivation of rice, soybeans and corn, especially in Itaqui, due to the ideal topographic conditions and abundance of water for irrigation, contributing to the local economic turnover. In this sense, when analyzing the agricultural sector of Itaqui (RS), on rice, soy and corn crops, in order to understand the productive variables involved in the performance of local agribusiness. It started from an applied bibliographic research, having as source of quantitative data: the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the National Supply Company (CONAB), from filters. It was found that the rice crop has been losing ground to the corn and soybean crop, which has shown potential for growth due to access to the floodplain areas.