Structures and dynamics of the coffee growing in Minas Gerais

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Alessandro de Assis Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Marília Fernandes Maciel, Rufino, José dos Santos Luis, Siva Júnior, Aziz Galvão da, Gomes, Sebastião Teixeira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Economia (Curitiba. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/economia/article/view/7451
• topic: Savannah coffee; Southwestern coffee; sources of increment on coffee growing; café do Cerrado; café do Sudoeste; fontes de incremento da cafeicultura

This article aims to identify and analyze the growth dynamics of thecoffee crop in Minas Gerais and in two traditional producers of the State’s Southwestand Savannah regions. The theoretical framework used is based on the theoryof induced innovation. The analytic model is denominated “Shift–Share”, whichallows decomposing growth sources in affected areas, yield, geographical locationand composition, in order to find the factors responsible for the growth (or fall)of production. The results indicate that there are differences in the factors thatdetermine the growth of coffee production in the most traditional area (Southwest)compared to the relatively more modern area (Savannah). Therefore, it can bepointed out that developing programs and policies in certain agricultural areasshould take into consideration their specific characteristics in order to stimulateactivities and practices that can generate the best possible results for them.