Livestock, space and resources in Mato Grosso do Sul - Brazil

Abstract

The State of Mato Grosso do Sul has its productive dynamics historically formed by livestock and grain farming, having integrated to industrial capitalism by commodity exports since the 1960s. Cattle breeding has always been distributed throughout the territory, although it is still concentrated in the Pantanal, where natural resources reserve it exclusivity in the use of rural space. The objective of this research was to understand the current characteristics of cattle breeding using the proposed combination of resources: human, technical, physical, capital and financial; in addition to the concepts of productivity and competitiveness. Secondary data extracted from IBGE, MAPA, EMBRAPA, SEMAGRO were used, besides bibliographic review. The authors concluded that the productive dynamics of cattle breeding in Mato Grosso do Sul has been the result of the efficient combination of natural comparative advantages and has incorporated technology, and with this, has achieved parameters of competitiveness and productivity.