Pecuária e agroindústria de exportação na Amazônia: dinâmicas e perspectivas

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the recent dynamics of the livestock in the Amazon. The arrival of agribusiness export is promoting a livestock revolution in the region, in terms of technical changes to provide raw material with quality and competitive prices. But the biggest change can occur in the ecological area wich involves the activity in the region, where the export agribusiness is represented by the companies JBS, Bertin, Minerva, Marfrig and Independence, this companies respect the international requirements in their beef production and they’ve received the centification of “legal” product, without giving rise to the deforestation. The result may be a reduction in the deforestation and a increase in the productivity through adoption of new Technologies in the livestock. Key-words: Livestock in the Amazon. Large agroindustrial capital. Recent dynamics.