Pace characterization of agricultural modernization of Rio Grande do Sul state municipalities (2010 end 2017)

Abstract

This study aimed to perform a spatial characterization of the agricultural modernization process in the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul state, with current data of the agriculture and livestock census of 2017 and 2006. So, to explore the phenomenon of agricultural modernization, we used techniques of multivariate statistics and exploratory analysis of spatial data (AEDE). The results found indicate that there is positive spatial self correlation among the municipalities. Thus, we identified that the municipalities that presented high Index of Agricultural Modernization (IAM), are also surrounded by neighbor municipalities with also elevated index of IAM, located in the middle region of Northwest, Northeast and Middle West of Rio Grande do Sul, evincing an effect of diffusion overflow of agricultural modernization among them. And the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul that presented low values in their IAM, are also surrounded by neighbor municipalities that also presented low levels of their agricultural modernization, suggesting a contagious of the technological deficiency in the agricultural activity. These results reflect the agricultural technological heterogeneities among the municipalities in the state, indicating that the factors of agricultural modernization do not only influence rural development, but regional development.

Keywords: Agricultural Modernization. Spatial Distribution. Factorial Analysis. Regional Development.