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One other municipality analyzed is of Currais, which was extracted from the municipality
of Bom Jesus in 1997, that also had an increase in the area of soya beans from 11.350 ha to
15.818 ha in 2010, as can be seen in table
Table 3. Area production of soya been and rice in the municipality of Currais (PI)
Currais, PI - Produção e Área Colhida de Soja e Arroz
2000
2005
2010
Área colhida (ha)
780
6.332
1.755
Arroz
Produção (ton)
1.328
12.902
966
Produção (mil reais)
318,72
3.252,30
287,78
Área colhida (ha)
Soja
Produção (ton)
Produção (mil reais)
11.345
8.169,50
28.809
15.818
9.324,02
42.328
Fonte: IPEA/Data
This production of soya beans that made the value of land increase very intensively after the year
of 2005 as can be observed at table and that is the main reason for the land grabbing that is
occurring in this region. As pointed out before this region as had no commercial agriculture had
very low land prices and with the entrance of soya as a rentable culture increased land prices
very sharply.
Table 4- LAND PRICES IN PIAUI R$ current
Uruçuí - Região iFNP 110 (Currais)
Caatinga (Bom Jesus)
2002
2005
2009
2010
2012
2013 2013/2002
50
53
108
125
242
348
695%
Cerrado agrícola (Bom Jesus)
201
563
1.867 1.900
2.150
2.250
1119%
Cerrado agrícola (Uruçuí)
299
563
1.867
2.000
2.300
2.933
981%
Pastagem formada na caatinga (Bom
Jesus)
200
227
458
467
601
898
449%
Terra agrícola de alta produtividade
(Bom Jesus)
941
1.619
4.050 3.833
4.033
6.633
705%
Terra agrícola de alta produtividade
(Uruçuí)
1.272
2.111
4.542
4.375
4.983
8.500
668%
Terra agrícola de baixa produtividade
(Bom Jesus)
548
1.056
2.050 1.767
2.217
4.083
745%
Terra agrícola de baixa produtividade
(Uruçuí)
870
1.337
1.983 2.017
2.917
5.400
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