Abstract
Abstract: The agribusiness sector has experienced a significant pace of technological evolution. New resources, such as the use of drones, the internet of things, and satellite communication have been fundamental in the emergence of AgTechs, technological companies that have emerged from agribusiness. This article aims to map São Paulo AgTechs and the products and services they offer. This article contributes to the advancement of knowledge about AgTechs and their transformation of the Brazilian agribusiness field. AgTechs have expanded and strengthened the agribusiness sector, which represented approximately 21.4% of Brazilian GDP in 2019, and 26.6% in 2020, despite the political-health crisis and its challenge, it has continued the growth and investment trajectory in Rand and Development, while seeking to increase efficiency in interactions. This qualitative study is exploratory and has a bibliographic design. The data were collected from the Brazilian Association of Startups, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports, websites of AgTechs in São Paulo state, and Web of Science. The main results indicate the importance of the São Paulo ecosystem, in which are located 26% of Brazilian AgTechs, the largest concentration in the country. The products and services generated at AgTechs are high tech. In the state of São Paulo, there are three communities that interact with AgTechs and form an entrepreneur-innovative ecosystem.
Highlights
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has highlighted that agribusiness is an important sector in strengthening the economy (Brasil, 2019)
In 2018, the agribusiness sector was responsible for 20.8% of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which rose to 21.4% in 2019 and is expected to grow further in 2020, according to the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada, 2020)
Agribusiness employed about 18.25 million people in Brazil in 2019, accounting for 19.54% of the labor market share in the country; this was an increase of 0.8% (145,000 employees) in 2018 (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada, 2019), indicating growth in the sector
Summary
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has highlighted that agribusiness is an important sector in strengthening the economy (Brasil, 2019). In 2018, the agribusiness sector was responsible for 20.8% of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which rose to 21.4% in 2019 and is expected to grow further in 2020, according to the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada, 2020). Agribusiness employed about 18.25 million people in Brazil in 2019, accounting for 19.54% of the labor market share in the country; this was an increase of 0.8% (145,000 employees) in 2018 (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada, 2019), indicating growth in the sector. Agribusiness can be classified according to three core activities: primary activities that consist of rural production; secondary activities that include agroindustry and agricultural input industries; and tertiary activities that comprise the transportation and marketing of agricultural goods (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica, 2019). The demand to produce food for export, and to increase the quantity and quality of that food, has resulted in the agribusiness sector being a catalyst for significant technological changes from the post-war period, through the Green Revolution of the 1960s, to the digital revolution that has characterized the microelectronics sector, especially since the 1980s (Perez, 2010)
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