Fatores que determinam os diferentes graus de modernização da agricultura no estado do Piauí: uma análise por microrregião homogênea

Abstract

The model of modernization begun at the end of 60's years was promoted by the State through the interventionist policies. Although it sought equality of opportunity, the result of the technological package brought an increase to the unequality by means of the distribution of new technology in favour of a few products and famers. The most or the least grade of the internalization of thechnological inovation results in different Ilevels of modernization that are felt in according to the features of each region In the case of the State of Piaul, the research sought to identify the different grades of modernization per homogenous microregion and relate them with variables considerate as probable factors which contributed to confirming uneven effects of modernization. The methodological operational proceeding that was used can be described in three parts: determination of modernization indicators, bullding the indices and verification of the existence of significative relation considerate explicative of differences in the grade of modernization. The used methods were the factorial analisis and the multiple regression. The findings displaied that the microregions which showed the bigger average area of establishment and evidenced the higher rate of occupied area by big establishment were those that had the lower indices of modernization. It also was demonstrated that the microregions which applied the higher proportion of area with farming, detached the subsistence farming, showed the lower indices. Finally, it follows that the land and productive structures are responsible for the differences that exist in the rural sector of Piaui and this scenery obstructs the expansion of the agricultural modernization that, solely, at once is conservator and unequal.