The objective of this study was to identify and analyze the factors of agricultural
sustainability in Pará Amazon, in the state of Pará in order to contribute to the definition
of policies for better performance of the activity. The data of the Agricultural Census
2006 to the 22 micro-regions were used. For this, we used multivariate statistical
technique factorial analysis, combined with the cluster analysis. Two representative
factors were extracted from the set of variables selected for the study of factor analysis
and cluster analysis for the three groups. The main conclusion of the research is that the
level of implementation of sustainable techniques in agriculture is still low in the region,
though already underway denote certain farm operating practices less impact to the environment. In addition, the micro Bragantina was the one that recorded a high
Environmental Sustainability Index (ISA in Brazil), with score of 0.843, confirming that
the managers of the sector by funding agencies have a considerable challenge to make
increasingly more producers are oriented to the understanding that productivity growth
depends on the adoption and development of clean technology innovation, with a few
simple practices and moderate cost, viable the implementation of sustainable practices.
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