Interfaces of the foreignization of land and agribusiness in Mato Grosso - Brazil

Abstract

The economic base of the State of Mato Grosso is associated with agribusiness and the production of agricultural commodities, corresponding to one of the main producing states in the country, as a correlate, agribusiness occupies a central place in political and economic decision-making, and has become one of the main interests of international capital, through multiple mechanisms of foreignization of land. Faced with this question, the main objective of this article resides in the description and analysis of the contemporary scenario of the foreignization of land, identifying the main international companies and seeking to clarify the mechanisms of acquisition and exploitation of the state territory. The methodological contributions resided in bibliographic research and documental research. It was concluded that in Mato Grosso, agribusiness and the foreignization of land follow a single path, large corporations, multinationals and/or Brazilian companies with foreign capital, territorialize themselves, feeding the agribusiness productive chain, as a correlate, the dynamics of Foreignization materializes unevenly, and culminates in the exclusion of less favored classes from access to land, in the expansion of social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, also contributing to the increase in land disputes, food insecurity and negative environmental impacts.