Advancement of Agricultural Activity on Natural Vegetation Areas in National Agribusiness Capital

Bibliographic Data

ID3754559
AuthorsJussara Giaretta (0000-0002-8413-3876, State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil), Danielle Storck-Tonon (0000-0002-4402-0607, State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil), Joselaine Souto Hall Silva (0000-0001-5667-8871, State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil), Manoel Dos Santos Filho (0000-0002-9784-7114, State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil), Dionei José Da Silva (0000-0002-6189-9756, State University of Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Year2019
Volume22
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc0139r2vu19l4ao
OpenAlexW2993707919
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2019000100327
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

The municipality of Sorriso-MT has become the largest grain producer in the country in the last 40 years, which has caused important economic, social and local changes. Thus, we seek to analyze and understand the dynamics of these transformations. We evaluate the growth of agricultural activity in the Municipality, the reduction of areas of natural vegetation and relate the growth of production with aspects of economic and social development. In order to verify the temporal transformations in the landscape, maps of soil occupation were elaborated from satellite images, in a five-year time scale (1985 to 2015). In 2015, 24.97% of the area of the Municipality covered by natural vegetation. Soy is the main crop, present in 68.6% of the area of the Municipality. If, on the one hand, agricultural activities generate taxes that are fundamental to municipal obligations, on the other hand, they also generate relevant socioenvironmental impacts

Agribusiness · Agricultural economics · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Ecosystem services · Geography · Natural capital · Natural resource · Political science · Agricultural and Food Sciences · Environmental and biological studies · Rural Development and Agriculture · Ecology

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