COHESIVE SOILS AS A FACTOR IN RESISTANCE TO MODERN AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN BAHIA: A SCALAR APPROACH - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v33i1.23639

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss how natural factors, in this case the soil, even with the technology available nowadays,can be a resistance factor to the insertion of new areas to the process of agriculture modernization. To meetthis purpose, it is necessary to address the pedological maps scale appropriateness in Brazil and the possibilityof masking, depending on the peculiarities or pedological anomalies scale. For this discussion, the space usedwill be an experimental farm, located in the west of Bahia State, that presented problems with the eucalyptusplantation, due to the presence of the Cohesive soil. This type of soil is characterized for having an extremelycompact layer, with high consistence degree, when dry, and friability, when it is humid. This characteristic canmake it more difficult for root development and cause problems of soil aeration. So, it is expected that this papercan contribute to the discussion on actual soil mappings in Brazil and maps approach scale, considering that thelatter is directly related to the intention and intervention in geographic space.