A industria nacional de fertilizantes e a agricultura

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

Agriculture, one of the natural vocations of this continental dimensions country and naturally endowed of exceptional conditions to transform it in the barn of the world, is supported in the industry of fertilizers, among other characteristics, as one of the levers to allow, to the country, jumps in terms of agricultural production, not only to assist the internal demand of its population, but, also, to allow the production of surpluses for export. The presence of the State, in the 1970 s and 1980 s decades, in the implantation of an industrial infrastructure, in agreement with the process of imports replacement, in place at that time, was decisive in the consolidation of the national industry of fertilizers, allowing that, when of the privatization process, at the beginning of the 1990 s decade, this structure, under the private sector control, could promote adaptations that turned it modern and competitive with its international congeners. Its dynamism and high profitability rates increased the interest of great international groups of the sector, and theirs presences, today, in this industry, are a reality. Countless obstacles are imposed to the sector, of internal external character, hindering the increment of the internal production and of the Brazilian exports. Efforts of the private sector and of the govemment will have to be adjusted to overcome these barriers. The technological development and the use of new industrial and agricultural techniques are fundamental in this national effort of value aggregation to the agribusiness products. However, it must be taken in consideration that the modernization of the sector cannot renounce the rigid observance of the human and environment preservation, first objectives of the well-being of the nations. The agribusiness sector, one of the most dynamic of the Brazilian economy, is responsible, since a long time ago, for important profits in the products trade balance of this sector, that contributes a lot with the govemment s efforts in the search of an equilibrium of the national accounting. The industry of fertilizers, included in the agribusiness section and strategic in the national economy, occupies a fundamentally important role in the. agricultural production and food supporting of all nations and it presents high growth expectations in Brazil, specially due to its agricultural potential. The challenges for its consolidation go through a substantialincrease of the national production, since the imports still represent about 50% of the total consumption. The dynamics of the world fertilizers industry prioritize the installation and production in the developing countries, since the food demands increase due to an improvement of the life standard of their population. The internal and external barriers must be broken in order that the fertilizers sector and, as a consequence, the agriculture, are able to grow and accomplish their purposes of increasing the life standard of the populations, the main target of the developed societies

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adubos e fertilizantes - brasil adubos e fertilizantes - industria agricultura e estado - brasil agribusiness

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