Open AccessAgricultural production in Nepomuceno-MG, Brazil, in the period 1995-2017
Author(s) -
Lucas Guedes Vilas Boas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geografares/geografares : revista do mestrado e do departamento de geografia, centro de ciências humanas e naturais, universidade federal do espirito santo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-3709
pISSN - 1518-2002
DOI - 10.7147/geo.v1i31.30111
Subject(s) - agriculture , interim , agricultural productivity , productivity , agricultural science , agricultural economics , production (economics) , geography , environmental protection , environmental science , economic growth , economics , archaeology , macroeconomics
The primary sector, mainly coffee production, has emphasis in the economy of Nepomuceno, which has approximately 27 thousand inhabitants and is located in Sul de Minas planning region. Thus, the objective of the article was to analyze the Nepomuceno’s agricultural production between 1995 and 2017. Document analysis, bibliographic research and fieldwork were the methodological procedures adopted in the study. In the analyzed period, coffee production continued as the predominant agricultural activity in the municipality. Furthermore, there was a great decrease in rice cultivation and soybean culture growth in Nepomuceno. In general, agricultural productivity was increased in the interim studied, mainly due to the dissemination of chemical fertilizers, transgenic seeds and agricultural machinery in municipal agriculture.