Uma análise do perfil distributivo do crédito agrícola em Alagoas, nos anos de 2005 e 2015

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to measure the degree of concentration of agricultural credit in the State of Alagoas, at the mesoregion level, using the Theil T Index in the years 2005 and 2015. In addition to the concentration measure, it is intended, through the results, to measure the pattern of distribution of agricultural credit among the mesoregions, analyzing to what extent the volume of credit distributed is proportional to the participation of production and cultivated area of each mesoregion in the total mesoregions of Alagoas. The tabular analysis shows that agricultural credit is more concentrated, compared to production, between mesoregions in 2015, the index also shows a higher level of total concentration for this year. The results also suggest that agricultural credit, if observed in a participatory way (%), has higher concentration levels within the mesoregion of the East of Alagoas, however, when the variable is analyzed proportionally to the participation in the value of production and cultivated area, it is perceived that agricultural credit is more concentrated within the mesoregion of the backwoods of Alagoas.