Associations between agriculture and regional socio-economic development in Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Associations between agriculture and regional socio-economic development in Brazil
Received 09th December, 2018; Received in revised form 06th January, 2019; Accepted 28th February, 2019; Published online 29th March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Wesley Osvaldo Pradella Rodrigues et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The role of the agricultural sector to economic growth in the regional and national levels is striking, however, does the sector play the same role for socioeconomic development? This study seeks to relate the concentration of formal employment and income in the agricultural sector with the socioeconomic development of Brazilian municipalities. Thus, methods of regional analysis are used, such as the Locational Quotient (QL), relative participation in employment and income and the indicator of socioeconomic development (HDMI). Data were obtained from the Annual Relation of Social Information (RAIS), World Bank and UNDP in the year 2018. The results showed an inverse relationship between concentration of formal employment and income in the agricultural sector and the indicators of socioeconomic development. The work provides an important subsidy to promote discussion about the current economic foundation of the country and their real capacity to promote and stimulate economic development.
