Análise do grau de especialização da produção de cana-de-açúcar nos municípios goianos (2005 - 2015)

Abstract

The present study analyzes the degree of specialization and the concentration in the production of sugar cane in the counties of Goiás, in the years 2005 and 2015 through the calculation of the locational quotient (QL). The results indicated the maintenance of a concentrated productive structure, in terms of sugar cane production, in the most central and developed regions of the state of Goiás due to the increasing specialization of that production in the counties of the south Goiás and central Goiás regions, traditionally more economically dynamic. This effect is mainly associated with tax incentives from the federal and state government, better infrastructure conditions in those mesoregions, agroecological zoning of sugarcane and availability of labor and land.