A Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Food Production Dynamics
Giana de Vargas Mores,
Homero Dewes,
Edson Talamini,
José Eustáquio Ribeiro Vieira-Filho,
Yasmin Gomes Casagranda,
Guilherme Cunha Malafaia,
Carlos Costa,
Caroline Pauletto Spanhol-Finocchio,
Debin Zhang
Affiliations
Giana de Vargas Mores
Atitus Education, Business School, 304 Senador Pinheiro Street, Vila Rodrigues, Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil
Homero Dewes
Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 9500 Bento Gonçalves Avenue, Agronomia, Porto Alegre 90000-000, Brazil
Edson Talamini
Department of Economics and International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Interdisciplinary Center for Studies and Research in Agribusiness, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 31 João Pessoa Avenue, Centro, Porto Alegre 90040-000, Brazil
José Eustáquio Ribeiro Vieira-Filho
Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), BNDES Building, SBS Q. 1, Brasília 70076-900, Brazil
Yasmin Gomes Casagranda
School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Costa e Silva Avenue, University City, Pioneiros, Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil
Guilherme Cunha Malafaia
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Beef Cattle-(CiCarne), 830 Rádio Maia Avenue, Vila Popular, Campo Grande 79106-550, Brazil
Carlos Costa
Atitus Education, Business School, 304 Senador Pinheiro Street, Vila Rodrigues, Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil
Caroline Pauletto Spanhol-Finocchio
School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Costa e Silva Avenue, University City, Pioneiros, Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil
Debin Zhang
School of Public Administration, Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), Hongshan, Wuhan 430000, China
Brazil is among the world’s leading food producers and exporters. The opportunity arose to examine and analyse dynamics of spatiotemporal of major agricultural crop and animal commodities within Brazil. An investigation was carried out on shifts in distribution density across Brazil’s different agricultural production regions between 1990 and 2015. This focused mainly on the midwest region, Brazil’s main agricultural frontier in the 21st century. This process enabled an analysis of the potential areas for maintenance and expansion of food supply chains and confirmed an increase in agricultural production in country’s central region. Geographical transformations were noted in the midwest region’s interior and its frontier with the Amazon biome. Over the study period, geographical midpoints of some key agricultural commodities (e.g., soybean, maize) and beef cattle production shifted towards the midwest’s interior, whereas milk, poultry, and pork production shifted southward. A vital issue in discussing contemporary rural areas, agricultural food production is tied to the quality of life, food supply, distribution, and consumption, as well as social, economic, and spatial inequalities. The development of science and technology applied to agriculture has implications regarding production growth and innovation targeted toward guaranteeing sustainable long-term production.
