摘要：The modernization of agricultural production in Mato Grosso resulted from combinations of chemical inputs, machinery and mechanical equipment and biotechnology with the variables related to education, technical assistance, innovation in organization and management of the activity. So to highlight the state in agricultural production were identified and analyzed the factors that determine the modernization of agriculture and presented its configuration in the municipalities through a Municipal Agricultural Modernization Index. For this, it was used the factor analysis to extract factors and rank municipalities according to the level of modernization. Have been identified five factors responsible for agricultural modernization of Mato Grosso and, among these, the high-input agriculture is shown as a positive factor in most municipalities, while the productive factor was negative in most municipalities. The level of modernization presented by most municipalities was low, and no obtained high index, which reaffirms the still extensive character of Mato Grosso agriculture and heterogeneous distribution of technology. The results of this study help visualize the strengths and weaknesses related to modernization of agriculture in Mato Grosso, allowing actions consistent with the current context of each municipality.
