2020
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9479.2020.192298
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Abstract: Although the Brazilian agribusiness sector’s relevance to the country has been widely recognized nowadays, to date, no study has been developed to evaluate the level of employment in this sector as a whole for Brazil. Therefore, the first objective of this study is to access the Brazilian agribusiness labor market, and to measure it, analyze its structure and characterize its workers. Agribusiness worker income differentials were also contrasted with income differentials in the aggregated non-agribusiness labo… Show more

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“…These people are usually unqualified with little formal education. In addition, they are used to working informally with incomes lower than workers in other economic sectors [1].…”
Section: Soybean Production and Its Impacts On Socio-economic And Environmental Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…These people are usually unqualified with little formal education. In addition, they are used to working informally with incomes lower than workers in other economic sectors [1].…”
Section: Soybean Production and Its Impacts On Socio-economic And Environmental Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Brazilian agribusiness grows quickly due to several factors and impacts the gross domestic product (GDP). This achievement was due to increased agricultural productivity, advanced technologies in irrigation and machinery, and monitoring systems and investments in research [1][2][3].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To avoid the impact of falling sales, the agricultural machinery industry has manufactured several product models (product mix) to make the production line more flexible. This has made it possible to maintain activity during seasonal periods, as 20.1% of the country's workforce is employed in various segments of agribusiness [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another aspect that covers the use of manufacturing technologies goes to the sustainable development, where it aims to significantly increase the participation of the industry in the employment and in the gross domestic product, update and refresh the industry (United Nations, 2015). There are also other concerns, regarding keeping the activity in the workplaces, due to the seasonality period, because 20.1% of the workforce in the country works in the many agribusiness segments (Castro et al, 2020). To avoid the impact in the sales, there is the manufacturing of many products models, aiming to soften the assembly line production.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%