REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE MUNICIPAL GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL BETWEEN 1970 AND 2006

Abstract

In this article are presented the results of the analysis undertaken of the development of VBPA - Municipal Gross Value of Agricultural Production in Rio Grande do Sul, during the period 1970 until 2006. The data of the VBPA of 1970 were obtained directly from the agricultural census of 1970 and updated monetarily by IGP-DI for real values in 2006 and the data for the VBPA of 2006, obtained from agricultural census of 2006, through Sidra/IBGE, were converted to the same territorial basis of the municipalities of 1970, through the conversion system (PAIVA, 2007) using the criterion of the municipal area. With such procedures have become comparable data, expressed in the same currency, and referenced on municipal units with the same territorial area. Performance analyses were made of all municipalities and of the ten major agricultural activities, throughout this period of 36 years. The results allow you to view the different regional dynamics and its interaction with the activities dynamics.