Agroindústria canavieira e desenvolvimento local: uma análise para o município de Caarapó (MS)

Abstract

The Brazilian agribusiness sector has an important role in the development of the country in terms of employment generation, income and foreign exchange. Within the agribusiness, the sugar cane represented and come representing a product promising in this development. In this context, the objective of this study is to analyze the influence of the sugar cane industry in socioeconomic development of the municipality of Caarapó/MS. It was used quantitative research with descriptive and explanatory approach, gated producing sugar cane in the period 2000-2012, using data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio January (FIRJAN) among others. Results indicate that production is concentrated in the South Central region growing states in the Midwest region, the second largest producing region after the Southeast. In Mato Grosso do Sul occurred concentration of production of sugar cane in the mesoregion southwest in more than 72% in the year 2012. Approximately 80% of this production was from the microregion of Gold. With regard to the influence of the sugar cane agroindustry on the development of the municipality of Caarapó/MS, the research showed that there was an increase of 5,826 people between 2000 and 2012. The number of firms grew by almost 20% and employment more than 145% between 2006 and 2011. It was also found that there was no growth in taxes, in particular the Tax on Services of Any Nature contributing to the increase of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and therefore the income of the municipality, with increase of 231,56% in GDP per capita.