1. Land Use in Southwest
São Paulo state
Orlando Montenegro
Municipal Department of Tourism
Farmer

2. Area Covered
16 municipalities

3. Regional Economic and Social Data
• GDP – R$ 4,032,261.00 (U$ 1,976,598.52)
• Nº of businesses – 16,107
• Employees – 65,153
• Average monthly income – R$ 1,200.00 (U$ 627.45)
• Population – 325,493 inhabitants
• Average GDP per capita – R$ 12,388.16 (U$ 6,072.62)
• Highest HDI: 0.698
• Lowest HDI: 0.521

4. Share of economic activities in regional GDP
23% Agropecuária
Industrial
13%
57% Serviços
the other 7% are taxes and subsidies

5. Property Owner Educational Level (%)
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
-
Proprietário sem instrução ou Proprietário com antigo Proprietário com 1° grau (ou Proprietário com 2° grau (ou Proprietário com curso superior
com instrução incompleta primário completo antigo ginasial) completo antigo colegial) completo completo

6. Agricultural production units
Area (in hectares)
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
-
1 2 3 4
Up to 50 ha 51 to 100 ha 101 to 500 ha More than 501 ha

7. Hectares
400,000.00
350,000.00
300,000.00
250,000.00
200,000.00
150,000.00
100,000.00
50,000.00
-

8. Looking to the Future
• Development of the tourism production chain.
• Agriculture will be increasingly treated as a
business.
• Family farming will be obliged to organize itself.
• The region is close to major urban centers.
• Areas devoted to livestock should diminish.
• Companies carrying out reforesting should
rethink regarding their investments.

9. Thank You
The information presented herein was obtained from Lupa , the agricultural
database of the São Paulo State Department of Agriculture, and the IBGE –
Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics.
o.montenegro@uol.com.br
Tel – (15) 3542-2265