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This paper begins with the analysis of public policies aimed at the rise of Brazilian agribusiness to question the socially legitimized idea that this sector provides economic support to the Brazilian State. The hypothesis of this work is precisely the opposite, that is, it is the Brazilian State that confers and allows the necessary conditions for agribusiness to exist and compete in the global market. The present article aims, therefore, to demonstrate and highlight the protagonism of the Brazilian State in the emergence and rise of agribusiness, in order to question the celebrated idea of the autonomy of this sector. The focus is on the analysis of direct policies, such as rural credit, tax incentives and minimum price guarantees, as well as indirect policies, such as construction and improvement of infrastructure, research, insurance and agricultural technical assistance. This research uses the hypothetical-deductive method, starting from the mentioned problem to verify the hypothesis offered and meet the objective presented, without losing sight of the critical perspective about the phenomena studied. As to the research techniques, this is bibliographical and documental research. At the end, the contribution identifies important contradictions between discourse and practice of agribusiness that deserve to be highlighted to make the counterpoint to the hegemonic discourse of this sector in the national media, with important repercussions in the social imaginary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article addresses poverty as a direct outcome of the national States' strategies regarding the tackling of the land reform issue. Therefore, it is assumed that tensions and disputes over the access to land cannot be isolated or detached from a context of broader concerns. Such concerns encompass several points, which are mainly related to the ways and levels of State intervention in economy and the restriction of classic rights, such as the right to property. In this regard, however, and starting from the hypothetico-deductive method, this article aims to identify the relation between the diverse developmentalist results of the national States and the strategies adopted to face the agrarian issue, focusing on the Brazilian case. With that, there is also an intent to emphasize the land reform as a material foundation for the development processes and the primary condition for overcoming poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]