Dinâmicas urbano-regionais no sul e no sudeste paraense: a reprodução das lógicas do agronegócio na cidade de Marabá-PA

Abstract

The central objective of this work is to analyze the role of agriculture and livestock in the production of urban space, considering the logic of the reproduction of globalized agribusiness in southeastern Pará, with an emphasis in Marabá. It is based on the understanding that Marabá, the most important city in the southeast of Pará, has reproduced a particular logic of agribusiness cities. Although it is not entirely a consolidated agribusiness city like Ribeirão Preto (SP), Luís Eduardo Magalhães (BA) or Balsas (MA), Marabá's landscape has been significantly altered because it is a medium-sized town in the eastern Amazônia. Following this perspective, the reading of space starts from the inseparable relationship between the countryside and the city, associated with the influence of globalized agribusiness in the Amazônia. The rural and urban dimensions are considered in this investigative process. The work's methodological basis is the result of field research in typical agribusiness establishments, as well as an extensive literature review on the subject. Interviews were also conducted with key players in the agricultural sector, both private and public, who understand the importance of Marabá in the regional economic scenario. In this context, it is understood that Marabá acts as of urban center, providing the necessary logistical support for the expansion of commodities production in the region, such as beef and soybeans. With the advent of globalized agribusiness, there is a notorious entry of foreign capital, which generates new logics through the emergence and concentration of commercial activities and services linked to the sector. This intensifies Marabá's centrality on different scales. Marabá expresses, in various spatial forms, typical manifestations of agribusiness, such as agricultural stores, indicating that a considerable part of the agribusiness economy has in the city and in the urban its condition, medium and product of socio-economic relations molded by globalized agribusiness. Finally, it should be noted that although agribusiness is not the municipality's main source of foreign currency, it has made a significant mark on the city in its material and intangible aspects, which are expressed in the urban landscape.