Análise de desempenho dos fatores da competitividade na cadeia produtiva do grão de soja

Abstract

Due to globalization, competitiveness becomes tougher and tougher, boosting the creation of productive systems. Companies centralize efforts into core activities, delegating the remaining functions to partners in an integrated system and adding strengths to compete internationally. Such productive systems may be noticed in agriculture, especially in soybeans, which has shown a total output increase of 56.7% of planted area in the 2015/16 harvest. Soy has a special place in the Brazilian economy as a main source of financial resources – as well as in the economy of Rio Grande do Sul – and whose productivity increases at every harvest. Therefore, it is fundamental to analyze the performance of the determining factors of competitiveness in the sector, so new strategies may be possible. In this way, this paper aims at analyzing the performance of determining factors of competitiveness of the productive chain of soybeans in Rio Grande do Sul. Thus, this paper includes: a bibliographical research - quantitative, qualitative and descriptive; a survey – descriptive and quantitative; and a secondary data analysis – quantitative and descriptive. As a result, the negative factors in competitiveness of the soybean business in Rio Grande do Sul are linked to governmental performance, especially to tax policies, in the overall fiscal policies and in some level due to the infrastructure. Besides, there is a weak correlation between municipal investments in agriculture and the financial feedback. This correlation lower every year and suggests public inefficiency in the sector.