Analysis of space south region agribusinesses: a study the municipal government for the year 2010

Abstract

This work aimed to check the geographic patterns of agribusiness industries distributed on municipalities in the south of the Brazil for the year 2010 in order to determine whether there is the phenomenon of concentration/agroindustrial crowding around the central cities. The methodology used is Exploratory Analysis of Spatial Data (ESDA) and spatial econometric. The results showed the existence of positive spatial autocorrelation between the municipalities of the southern region. With spatial dependence, the more appropriate econometric models were the spatial lag models (SAR) and Model Space error (SEM), which indicated positive sign and significant value  for agricultural variables and industry; income per capita; and total rural population. In the results, the agricultural industries are focusing in the main centers of each state under study, that is, companies are close to areas with larger population, the consumer market.