AGRONEGÓCIO E DEPENDÊNCIA: UMA PERSPECTIVA DE ANÁLISE SOBRE A REGIÃO DO MATOPIBA

Abstract

The Agribusiness, since the beginning of this century, has been passing by transformations in its constitution, which follow the reformulations of the capitalist system, increasingly internationalized and financialized. This process implies a productive reorganization of the territory, which makes feasible the formation of specialized regions in the production of agricultural commodities, such as the region of MATOPIBA (a region formed by portions of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia). It is possible to understand from the analysis of regions such as MATOPIBA that the deepening of the relations of production binds itself to a greater context of reaffirmation of the Brazilian dependent position on the international division of labor, based on the centrality of commodities production to the export agenda. It is a process that has implications for the territory, such as situations of overexploitation of labor and natural resources, which we understood through literature review and analysis of secondary data. The aim of this paper was to indicate how the emergence of specialized regions could relate to the reinforcement of dependence in the international context. The main conclusion is that the process of expansion of globalized agribusiness (since 2000) in MATOPIBA has been intensifying the vulnerability.