Distribuição espacial da produção de abacaxi no Brasil com ênfase na Paraíba no período 2003 - 2015

Abstract

In the last fifteen years Brazil has become one of the world's leading producers and exporters of fruit. In 2002, Brazil was the third largest fruit producer in the world with a total production of 38.36 million tons. The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the spatial distribution of the agricultural production of pineapple in Brazil, with emphasis in Paraíba in the period 2003-2015. For this, a study was carried out on pineapple production, mapping the main producing areas of this fruit by states, as well as by microregions and municipalities of Paraiba based on the analysis according to the area planted / harvested; quantity produced; average yield and percentage of the total value of agricultural production. The results show that the production of pineapple is concentrated in certain areas, a pattern that practically remained unchanged in the period 2003 to 2015. The main producers of pineapples are the states of Pará, Minas Gerais and Paraíba. In relation to the microregions of Paraíba, as main producers of Guarabira, Litoral Norte, Sapé, João Pessoa and Litoral Sul and the main municipalities of Paraíba producing ears of Araçagi, Itapororoca, Sapé, Santa Rita and Pedras de Fogo, each municipality being part of the respective micro-regions mentioned above. In the national scenario, planted /harvested areas increased, boosting increases in quantity produced, production value and percentage in total agricultural production during the period analyzed at work. Paraíba at the end of 2003 to 2015 decreased its participation in the planted / harvested areas in relation to Brazil, also influencing the declines of the participations in the variables produced quantity and value of the production, however the percentage of the value of pineapple production in relation to the agricultural total increased from 14.68% in 2003 to 29.39% in 2015, showing, on the one hand, the dependence of this crop on the agricultural production in Paraíba and, on the other hand, the precariousness and low volume of Paraíba's agricultural production, because while the percentage of pineapple production in relation to total agricultural production increased, the pineapple production in Paraíba fell at the end of the period from 2003 to 2015 in relation to the national total.