Análise dos efeitos da pandemia do coronavírus no agronegócio brasileiro

Abstract

In 2019, the world underwent a turnaround with the emergence of the Covid-19 Pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. In view of the seriousness caused by the Pandemic and its high transmission rate, the globe has blocked territorial and local. This situation generated great impacts on Brazilian Agribusiness. The research problem on this occasion is: what is the impact of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the main economic indicators in companies in the agribusiness sector listed on B3 (Brazil, Stock Exchange and Over-the-Counter)? This study is classified as a descriptive, bibliographical, documentary research, with a quantitative approach. The population of this research is represented by publicly traded companies in the agribusiness sector with shares traded on B3 (Brazil, Stock Exchange and OTC), and whose information is contained in the Economática database, for the period analyzed 2018, 2019 and 2020. The results presented in the companies in the sample summarize that the impacts of the pandemic on Agribusiness, unlike other sectors, positively impacted the net income of companies in the segment, boosted by the rise in the dollar exchange rate and driven by the world demand for food, mainly explained by the increase in exports in the period studied. After analyzing all these factors, it is concluded that the COVID-19 crisis positively affected the companies in the sample, a fact explained by the increase in world demand for food, favorable weather conditions, dollar appreciation and increase in Brazilian exports of agricultural products.