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Rural development and family agriculture in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the light of multivariate data analysis

Desenvolvimento rural e agricultura familiar em Minas Gerais à luz da análise multivariada de dados

Dévéloppement Rurale et Agriculture Familiale dans l’état brésilien de Minas Gerais à la lumière de l’analyse de données multivariées

Desarrollo rural y agricultura familiar en el estado brasileño de Minas Gerais a la luz del análisis multivariado de datos

Abstract:

This paper analyze the rural development in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and verify if family farming is a key factor in explaining it. The factor analysis reinforce the importance of the six aspects that influence rural development. The Rural Development Index show that most of the municipalities falls within the category of medium rural development followed by the categories high and low development. The multinomial logit model showed of 45.6% of municipalities, family farming is able to predict the level of rural development.

Keywords:
rural development; family agriculture; multivariate data analysis; Minas Gerais; Brazil

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