Spatial circuits of tilapicultura production in the northern and western Paraná regional contexts, Brazil

Authors

Keywords:

Pisciculture, Tilapia production, Cooperation circles, Technical density

Abstract

The spatial concentration of productive activities and the consequent formation of regions characterized by a given productive specialization are topics of permanent interest for economic geography. In the current historical period, marked by globalization, the processes of concentration and productive specialization are characterized by relations between local and regional conditions and global dynamics. Considering the relevance of Brazil's participation in the global production of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and, in the Brazilian context, the importance of this activity in the state of Paraná, this article analyzes the particularities of the spatial circuits of production (production-distribution-exchange-consumption) and
cooperation circles that define two main regional contexts in the territory of Paraná, the west and the north, in which this productive activity is concentrated. The results obtained demonstrate that the spatial conditions enable different manifestations of tilapia culture in the regional contexts analyzed, resulting in different technical modalities, and different material and immaterial flows, even though both produce the same commodity, tilapia.

Author Biography

  • Edilson Luis de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Londrina, PR, Brasil

    PhD in Human Geography from the University of São Paulo. He is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Geosciences at the State University of Londrina (UEL), where he teaches in undergraduate and graduate courses. He works at the Laboratory of Urban, Regional and Health Geography (Leurs). He guides research in the field of economic geography and urban geography, with an emphasis on the theme of urban economics. He has other areas of interest and performance in regional and geopolitical geography.

Downloads

Published

2022-05-16

Issue

Vol. 16 (2022)

Section

Articles

License

Revista Terr@ Plural will obtain the auctorial rights for all published texts.  This also implies that the text can be published anywhere in the world, including all rights on renewal, expansion, and dissemination of the contribution, as well as other subsidiary rights. The authors get permission to publish the contribution in other media, printed or digital, it may be in Portuguese or translation since the publication is credited to Revista Terr@ Plural. It allows the self-archiving of published articles in institutional repositories, thematic repositories, or personal web pages in the pdf version downloaded from the journal's site.

How to Cite

Spatial circuits of tilapicultura production in the northern and western Paraná regional contexts, Brazil. Terr@ Plural, [S. l.], v. 16, p. 1–19, 2022. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/17547. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2026.