Coffee is a crop of significant importance for Brazilian agrobusiness. There is evidence that both the geographic distribution of coffee production, and the varieties of coffee produced, have changed throughout Brazil over the course of time. Furthermore, it appears that these developments are associated with structural changes resulting from reductions in government intervention and its effects on prices in the coffee market, which has established a new dynamic of coffee production in the country. In this context, this study’s objective is to analyze the dynamics of coffee production in Brazil, to identify the Brazilian micro-regions specializing in coffee activities, and to track how the spatial distribution of these micro-regions has varied over time. In so doing, the study aims to identify defining economic characteristics of primary coffee-producing regions. Drawing primarily on data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the study proceeds by applying Pearson correlation, Granger causality test, location quotient, principal components, and clustering analyses to explore how, during the 1984–2015 period, significant changes occurred in the distribution of regions specializing in coffee production. States such as Paraná and São Paulo, historically important coffee producers, declined in importance, leaving only a few micro-regions in these states specialized in coffee production. During the 2014/15 biennium, 80% of the coffee-specialized micro-regions were concentrated in the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Rondônia, and Espírito Santo. Minas Gerais and Bahia primarily produced arabica coffee, while Rondônia specialized in conilon (robusta) coffee. Overall, coffee produced in Brazil improved in quality and value-added over this period.

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RESUMO Este estudo tem por objetivo avaliar a expansão canavieira no estado de São Paulo e a consequente competição pelo uso do solo em relação às demais atividades agropecuárias, entre 1995 e 2013. Para tanto, utiliza-se o modelo shift-share em duas etapas; inicialmente, com vistas à decomposição da taxa de crescimento do valor da produção de cana-de-açúcar - nos efeitos área, rendimento e preço -, e, em uma segunda etapa, tencionando avaliar a evolução da área com cana-de-açúcar - nos subefeitos escala e substituição. Os resultados sugerem que a expansão canavieira em São Paulo foi impulsionada, principalmente, pelo aumento da área cultivada e preços, com baixa contribuição do efeito rendimento. Ademais, o estudo permite concluir que a evolução da atividade representa um conflito pelo uso terra no estado, fato evidenciado pela elevada contribuição do efeito substituição na expansão da área cultivada.

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