Abstract
Purpose: the objective of the article is to analyze the process of agroindustrialization and its contradictions in the Midwest region, from 1970 to 2010. Therefore, we considered the processes of industrialization and urbanization that occurred in the municipalities of Dourados/MS, Rondonópolis/MT and Rio Verde/GO important poles of Brazilian agribusiness.
 Methodology: the research used a literature review on the subject in online and print scientific journals, books, dissertations and other databases, gathering and comparing the different information found in the sources of consultation and listing the main transformations of socioeconomics from the municipalities studied.
 Findings: the investigation demonstrates that the territorial modernization and the spatialization of capital inserted the three municipalities into a higher socioeconomic standard without taking into account urban segregation, social inequality, poverty and the social and environmental problems of the new urban spaces that were opened in these municipalities.
 Research Limitation/implication: Among the limitations of the research, it is highlighted that it is possible to extend the analysis to other municipalities in the region. Further comparisons can also be made between industrial dynamics, service sector and labor market activities.
 Originality/Value of paper: The process of agroindustrialization and its contradictions in the Midwest region is still a little studied.
Highlights
The industrialization process, despite benefiting Brazilian central-west cities, comes with problematic dilemmas
The territorial modernization and the capital specialization managed to insert cities in an improved socioeconomic pattern, without regarding the urban segregation, the social inequality, the poverty and the social and environmental problems of these new urban zones opened through these municipalities
None of them discuss in specifics the cities of Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul; Rondonópolis, in Mato Grosso; Rio Verde, in Goiás, inserted in the national urban network as important agribusiness hubs of the central-west region, as a result of agro industrialization
Summary
The industrialization process, despite benefiting Brazilian central-west cities, comes with problematic dilemmas. It is important to analyze the country's industrialization process, to elucidate the influence which these processes have and still have on the production and reproduction of urban spaces. Regarding this issue, it is possible to state that this growth is directly associated with the agricultural frontier expansion since the decade of 1970, based on extensive livestock and on soy monoculture. None of them discuss in specifics the cities of Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul; Rondonópolis, in Mato Grosso; Rio Verde, in Goiás, inserted in the national urban network as important agribusiness hubs of the central-west region, as a result of agro industrialization. The agricultural production transformations are related to agro-industry modernization (agricultural product industrialization), farming (agricultural and zoo-technical practices) and agribusiness (supply chain operations and commercialization), which generate countless interrelationships between grain production and animal protein, industry, and services
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