Desempenho competitivo da agricultura familiar nas microrregiões do Brasil, 2006/2017

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze the competitive performance of family farming in Brazilian microregions in 2006 and 2017. Specifically, it is intended to measure the Family Farming Competitive Performance Index (IDCAF) and group areas according to the similarities. Methodologically, factor analysis instruments were adopted using the principal components method and cluster analysis using the non-hierarchical method, considering data from the 2006 and 2017 Agricultural Censuses, provided by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The main results revealed that the determinants of competitiveness of family farming in these micro-regions comprise four dimensions: traditional competitive management; intensive use of technology in the land factor; agricultural sustainability and modernization. Indeed, there is heterogeneity in Brazilian family farming, with a concentration of the worst indicators in micro-regions that concentrate a significant rural population, such as the North and Northeast of Brazil. Furthermore, the clusters increased the competitive performance, in average terms, over the period, and reduced the discrepancy within the strata considered, based on the established parameters.