Environmental preservation as a mean to improve competitivity of the Brazilian agriculture in the international grain market: the case of soybean production in the North and North-West Mesoregions of the State of Goiás

• Ano de defesa: 2022
• Autor(a) principal: Wehrmann, Francisco Germano Soares de Faria Kitzmann
• Orientador(a): Prado Junior, Servio Tulio
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: eng
• Palavras-chave em Português: Agricultura; Indústria da soja; Proteção ambiental; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Vantagem competitiva
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Agriculture; Competitive advantage; Soybean industry; Sustainable development; Environmental protection
• Link de acesso: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/32153

The State of Goias in Brazil was famous for its agricultural production. Over its history, the State consolidated itself as one of the most important cattle raising regions in the country. However, especially after the decade of 1970, another agricultural crop gained importance in Goias: soybeans. Such is the importance of the grain that not only it was more scalable than cattle raising, but also it gains productivity and profitability with new technologies. Within the state, there are two regions that are not yet saturated with soybean production. In them, there is also abundance of native vegetation. Additionally, over the past decades, there has been an increase in the global concern with environmental protection. One of the most critical industries that deals with such concerns within their core activities is the Agricultural Industry. Reasons for such include the fact that the industry operates in the border between native vegetation and human activities and given its scale, it has potential to cause serious ecological harm if abused. Therefore, within the selected regions of the State of Goias, where the presence of soybeans is still not saturated this project seeks to explore the intention that local producers to switch from cattle to soybeans; how do they perceive environmental preservation; and, while transitioning (having surplus land), if given the opportunity to increase their already mandatory native vegetation protection areas for some sort of compensation, would they?