Fatores determinantes da sustentabilidade agrícola na Amazônia paraense sob a ótica da análise fatorial mutivariada

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify and analyze the factors of agricultural sustainability in Pará Amazon, in the state of Pará in order to contribute to the definition of policies for better performance of the activity. The data of the Agricultural Census 2006 to the 22 micro-regions were used. For this, we used multivariate statistical technique factorial analysis, combined with the cluster analysis. Two representative factors were extracted from the set of variables selected for the study of factor analysis and cluster analysis for the three groups. The main conclusion of the research is that the level of implementation of sustainable techniques in agriculture is still low in the region, though already underway denote certain farm operating practices less impact to the environment. In addition, the micro Bragantina was the one that recorded a high Environmental Sustainability Index (ISA in Brazil), with score of 0.843, confirming that the managers of the sector by funding agencies have a considerable challenge to make increasingly more producers are oriented to the understanding that productivity growth depends on the adoption and development of clean technology innovation, with a few simple practices and moderate cost, viable the implementation of sustainable practices.