Spatial dynamics of orange production in the state of Paraná, Brazil

Gustavo Vaz Da Costa,Carmen Silvia Vieira Janeiro Neves,Tiago Santos Telles

doi:10.1590/0100-29452020525

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Abstract The aim of this study was to identify and qualify the microregions specialized in orange production and the spatial dynamics of citrus production in the state of Paraná, Brazil. For this purpose, data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and the Brazilian Central Bank were used. The location quotient (LQ) methodology was applied, the principal component analysis (PCA) and the cluster analysis were carried out, and information regarding the location of industries and agribusiness cooperatives that process orange juice in the state of Paraná was collected. The LQ results, subdivided into 5-year periods, denote changes in the spatial dynamics of orange production. Between 1998-2002 and 2013-2017, the specialized microregions increased from nine to 11; in addition, the consolidation of a citrus belt, which extended from the northwestern to the northeast area of Paraná, took place. Two main components explained 89.16% of the total data variability and four clusters were identified. The microregion of Paranavaí was the most specialized and the most important for the orange production chain in Paraná. The dynamics of orange production were spatially associated with the location of industries and agribusiness cooperatives in the sector, which were concentrated in the northwestern and mid-northern Paraná.

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The citrus production chain plays an important role in the Brazilian economy; it generates 230,000 jobs and approximately US$15 billion per year (NEVES; KALAKI, 2015)
It has been hypothesized that after the constitution of a technological model for the management and cultivation of citrus fruits in Paraná, developed by IAPAR, regions specialized in orange production, concentrated in the northwestern and northern regions of the state, were consolidated, establishing its citrus production chain
The aim of this study was to identify and qualify the microregions specialized in orange production, to analyze the territorial dynamics of citrus cultures, and to examine the consolidation of the citrus chain in the state of Paraná

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The citrus production chain plays an important role in the Brazilian economy; it generates 230,000 jobs and approximately US$15 billion per year (NEVES; KALAKI, 2015). The implantation of citrus in Paraná started in the Alto Ribeira region with the production of tangerines and began to consolidate in the late 1980s with the production of oranges in the northwestern region (IAPAR, 1987; AULER et al, 2008; TAZIMA et al, 2010) It was in the 1990s when the integrated management for the prevention of citrus canker, proposed by IAPAR, took place, that a more expressive expansion of the citrus activity was observed in Paraná (TAZIMA et al, 2009), establishing orange as the main product of Paraná’s citrus production. Citrus producing regions have entered the market differently, with an organizational pattern in the production chain in which there is a strong relationship between the producer and the industry (SABES; SOUZA FILHO, 2010), establishing the hypothesis that orange production in Paraná is spatially concentrated around industrial plants of the citrus sector

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