According to the report, the estimate is that the gross value of the country’s agricultural and livestock production is estimated at R $ 4.02 per year. Rio Grande do Sul in 2018 will be R $ 39.1 billion, a 12.2% growth compared to 2017. Maize (25.4%) and soybean (25.2%) are mainly responsible for the increase. Research shows that 66% of this amount is to cover operating costs such as fertilizer, chemical, metalworking, and also insurers, financial institutions and specialized services, among others.
According to Farsul, only the GDP of agriculture will reach R $ 32.1 billion in 2018, which at the end of the whole process will become R $ 129.3 billion, equivalent to 40% of the Gross Domestic Product of Rio Grande do Sul. For the president of the Farsul System, Gideão Pereira, it is necessary to understand that the functioning of the economy has changed. “We are no longer the primary activity, but the first, because it is the most important in Rio Grande do Sul. We have injected R $ 26 billion into other sectors just to guarantee our production. Until we get to the grain, a big wheel moves, “he says.
Along the same lines, the chief economist of the Farsul System, Antônio da Luz, reminds us that the division of the economy into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors is from 1932 and needs to be updated. “Many people still believe that agriculture is the same as a hundred years ago and this is no longer the case. The billing comes from the insertion of technologies in agriculture. Two-thirds of the wealth generated by the field is in non-agricultural sectors. People who are producing in the industry or services in the urban environment, but it is the entry of the crop that guarantees the continuity of that business, “he explains.
The economist rejects the criticism that the exports of the sector do not have added value. “What’s behind a grain is a huge amount of research, investment and technology. Who says there is no value is due to lack of knowledge for maintaining an old vision, “he concludes.