Abstract

CERQUEIRA, Eder. The process of territorialization of monopoly capital in the state of Tocantins: the arrival of soy monoculture. GOT [online]. 2018, n.15, pp.97-115. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2018.15.005.

This article discusses the process of territorialization of monopoly capital in the State of Tocantins, via soy monoculture. We start from the assumption that the expansion of soy monoculture in this territory was strongly influenced by a set of public policies implemented by the State aiming to occupy areas of agricultural frontier, notably the Amazon and the cerrado. From then on, these areas have become productive spaces articulated to the logic of (re) production of (inter) national capital, through the intermediary of monoculture agricultural production. It can be noted that the logic of (re) production of monopoly capital via agro-export monoculture, which is also expressed by the intensive use of machines, inputs and fertilizers, has markedly modified the spatio-temporal realities of these places, impacting in a way social and territorial relations.

Keywords : Savannah; Public Politics; Territory; Tocantins.

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