Produção agropecuária e precipitações no estado do Maranhão: uma análise multivariada a partir dos censos agropecuários 2006 e 2017

Abstract

The general objective of the research is to analyze how the spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall influenced agricultural production in the state of Maranhão, making a comparison between Family Agricultural Units (FAPU) and Non-Family or Patron Agricultural Units (UAP) in the Maranhão Homogeneous Rainfall Regions (RHP), divided by Menezes (2009) based on climatic conditions, especially rainfall distribution, in the years 2006 and 2017. For this, the methodology of multivariate analysis and linear regression model was used. The data used were collected from the Automatic Recovery System (SIDRA) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), from the Agricultural Census of the years 2006 and 2017. The results showed that the UAP obtained higher values than the UAF in the productivity index of the state of Maranhão. It can also be inferred that the pluviometry variable is more related to the Family Farming Units, considering the years 2006 and 2017.