Mapeamento agropecuário das mesorregiões do estado de Goiás (1970 – 2010)

In this study, it's presented the process of agricultural development in the state of Goiás and their mesoregions. The mapping comprise the period between 1970's, when started the process of transforming livestock and agricultural production, until 2000's, when the state established itself as a major producer of commodities. Was used the methodology quantitative and qualitative of literature research to analyze the farming structure of Goiás and see how evolved through the years, showing your representativeness to the economy of the state. During the work, there is emphasize about the role of government, facilitation of credit and adoption of tecnologies that results in increase of production and productivity gains. The results show that the financing activities of the federal government, from the 1970's, seeked expand the agricultural frontiers in the central region of the country and helped the agriculture goiana, making comercially competitive and abandoning the old aspect of subsistence. From the second half of the twentieth century, the priority changed to production of grains, especially soybeans and corn. The bovine herd is also very important to production structure of the state, because supply the domestic market and generate foreign exchange. In the last two decades highlights the growing increase in the cultivation of sugar cane in order to meet the high demand for sugar and ethanol.