In 2018, income in the countryside in the state of São Paulo totaled just over R $ 74 billion, according to the preliminary result of the Value of Agricultural Production (VPA), calculated by the Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA), a research institution Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo. This amount is 2.81% lower than that obtained in the previous year, which can be justified by the reduction of 8.14% in sugarcane VPA.
Among the top ten products in the ranking, the number of VPAs of orange for industry (-2.04%) was reduced, in addition to sugar cane; chicken eggs (-4.76%); and milk (-5.75%). The beef remained practically stable (+ 0.15%); while chicken meat (+ 1.8%); grains: soybean (+ 21.72%) and maize (17.62%), coffee benefited (+ 23.05%) and table orange (+ 4.11%) fluctuated positively. These products accounted for approximately 83% of the total VPA of the State of São Paulo.
Of the five product groups considered, only Grains and Fibers presented a VPA growth (15.56%), with a consequent increase in their share in the total VPA of the state, which rose from 9.5% to 11.3%, according to José Roberto da Silva, Paulo José Coelho, Denise Viani Caser, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Bueno, Eder Pinatti and Carlos Nabil Ghobril, IEA researchers.
The group that presented the largest drop in VPA in 2018 was that of Frutas Frescas, 8.9%. Of the 14 fruits considered, 6 presented a reduction of the VPA, being that the tangerine presented greater reduction (-43.76%). The VPAs of the Olerícolas group (-2.75%) and the Animal Products group (-0.86) also fluctuated negatively. Of the seven products that make up this group, three presented a reduction in value, honey was the one that presented the largest drop (-23.55%).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.