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| Author(s): |
Douglas Martins de Santana
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2025-08-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Durval Dourado Neto;
Catarina Barbosa Careta;
Cássia Isabel Costa Mendes
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| Advisor: | Durval Dourado Neto |
| Abstract | |
Sustainable rural development has gained prominence in public and academic agendas due to the need to reconcile productive growth, social equity, and environmental conservation. In the state of São Paulo, this debate has been driven by technological innovation policies aimed at small and medium-sized producers, with emphasis on the Center for Science for Development in Digital Agriculture (CCD-AD/SemeAr Digital) and the creation of Agrotechnological Districts (DAT), conceived as strategies to promote inclusive modernization and territorial strengthening. The general objective of this dissertation was to characterize and map the sustainable rural development of the municipalities that comprise the five DAT in São Paulo (Caconde, São Miguel Arcanjo, Alto Alegre, Jacupiranga, and Lagoinha), distributed across different Immediate Geographic Regions (IGRs). Specifically, the study aimed to: (i) analyze the performance of the core municipalities compared to the others within their respective IGRs; and (ii) classify the levels of rural sustainability based on objective indicators. The methodology was based on the construction of the Sustainable Rural Development Index (SRDI), composed of 18 indicators distributed among the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Data were standardized on a scale from 0 to 1 and aggregated to generate, for each dimension, partial indices that, when combined, resulted in the final SRDI score. Municipalities were categorized into four performance levels: low, medium-low, medium-high, and high. Indicators were arithmetically aggregated within each thematic dimension, resulting in the Economic Development Index (EDI), Social Development Index (SDI), and Environmental Development Index (EnDI). The average of the three indices composed the final SRDI score. Additionally, descriptive statistical measures - minimum, quartiles, maximum, kurtosis, skewness, density estimates, and boxplots - were calculated, and the Shapiro-Wilk normality test was applied. The results revealed the absence of a pattern positioning the DAT as territories with superior performance. Internal asymmetries and a low level of integration among the evaluated dimensions were observed. Approximately 18.1% of the municipalities were classified with a low SRDI; 56.36% as medium-low; and 25.45% as medium-high. No municipality reached the high SRDI category. It is concluded that, although DAT represent a promising strategy, their consolidation requires integrated actions that are sensitive to local specificities and capable of articulating technological innovation with consistent public policies. The SRDI proved to be a useful analytical tool, although dependent on the quality and comprehensiveness of the available data. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 23/10672-8 - Organization of Knowledge and generation of content on territorial diagnoses for CPAD's Education and Knowledge Dissemination Plan |
| Grantee: | Douglas Martins de Santana |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |