Territorialização do agronegócio cafeeiro no município de Araguari-MG (1970-2018)

Abstract

The production and consumption of Café do Cerrado is a consolidated activity in the Brazilian market and is gaining more and more prominence and space in the international market. The Triângulo Mineiro / Alto Paranaíba region, where Café do Cerrado is produced, uses new technologies based on the intensive use of inputs, irrigation techniques and machinery that refer to modern coffee growing, acting in a competitive manner in the market. The municipality of Araguari-MG was a pioneer in the creation of an association of coffee growers in the region and a precursor in the application of the coffee irrigation technique, being currently a reference in technology in coffee production, thus becoming the “capital of irrigated coffee” because of this activity. Thus, this study seeks to understand the importance of the process of territorialization of coffee farming and how it occurred in the municipality of Araguari / MG, presenting the origins and conditions for the implementation of modern coffee farming in the Triângulo Mineiro / Alto Paranaíba region, furthermore, characterizing the coffee agribusiness with its economic importance and the locational question imposed by this activity in the aforementioned municipality and, concluding with the identification of future scenarios and perspectives for araguarino coffee agribusiness.