Sojicultura no Amapá: desafios e oportunidades

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the socioeconomic challenges and opportunities provided by the implementation of soybean agribusiness in the State of Amapá. The State has gained importance in the eyes of modern farmers and hegemonic companies, especially logistic investments, given its geographically strategic position, and the amount of land available at a more price when compared to other regions. The establishment and expansion of soybeans in Amapá takes place in a context of productive changes, as a condition for the strengthening of the economy, Amapá is configured in a privileged area for these productive changes, mainly due to its condition as an agricultural frontier. Understanding the consequences of soybean farming in the amapaense territory will enable a better understanding of social and economic changes, since through the soybean production chain and its extensions, solutions for rural growth and development can be created. agriculture to abandon its "artisanal" characteristics and become a dynamic sector of the economy. The presence of agribusiness in Amapá is a concrete fact, the search for new areas for the expansion of soybeans, has placed Amapá in the agribusiness of grains, although the activity is still seeking its consolidation. The moment experienced by Amapá, with respect to grain agriculture, is in an embryonic stage, since the implantation phase is still being planned, but other variables corresponding to the productive circuit begin to point to good perspectives horizons in the development of the activity in the State