Expansão produtiva da agropecuária no Sudeste paraense entre 2000 e 2016: análise da ocupação de terras para produção de soja e criação bovina na região

Abstract

This monograph aims to analyze the process of development of the agricultural structure in the South and Southeast of Pará, motivated by knowing the expansion processes of this sector, in the last two decades. Suppose there is a productive expansion with occupation of large areas to meet external demands. The work was constituted through a historical analysis of the last two decades and based on data available on sites such as IBGE. There were traces of the neo-extractive production model that had been used by the progressive governments of Latin America, with the purpose of appropriating the region's natural resources. Throughout the analysis it can be characterized as a return to classical extractivism. of the appropriation of natural resources has the purpose of maintaining capital through the accumulation of capital and concentration of land. These factors of accumulation and concentration are noticed when, despite the fall in commodity prices, they are intensified with the increase of the cattle population, the expansion of the area planted with soybeans and the growth of the average size of rural establishments, which leads to conflicts between the small and large landowners. Therefore, this advance of the frontier leads to a land market that is surrounded by conflicts between traditional peoples and large landowners, because an integration process has been established that does not integrate society and makes the region remain dependent on the external sector.