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Abstract
This study aims to measure the labor and land net productivity in Brazil,
major regions and federation units. It also identifies the factor that affects productiveness
based on data provided by the Census of Agriculture 2006, from the Brazilian Institute
of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Thus, the productiveness may not be uniform in
Brazilian agriculture due to the diversity in each region and differences related to the
structure of productivity. The multiple linear regression models were used to identify
factors that affect agriculture production and performance in Brazil. As a result, the best
production index, which is related to labor and land productivity, is located in the South
and Southeast Brazil. Some of the highest values are mainly concentrated only in some regions. Afterwards, an overall analysis of the figures indicated that the agricultural input and mechanization have
presented a positive agricultural participation in most Brazilian states.