%0 Journal Article %T A rede pol¨ªtica canavieira e seus recursos de poder em Goi¨¢s %A Pican£¿o Filho %A Art¨ºmio Ferreira %A Marin %A Joel Orlando Bevilaqua %J Pesquisa Agropecu¨¢ria Tropical %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1983-40632012000200005 %X in this article, the sugar cane political network in the goi¨¢s state, brazil, focusing on the power resources of its agents and on the informational asymmetry originated from contractual agreements, is analyzed. the field data were acquired via a combination of semi-structured interviews and documental research. the sugar cane agribusiness holds resources of economic, political, technological, and legal power, which generate informational asymmetries in the sugar cane production chain, in the goi¨¢s state. the informational asymmetry makes it difficult to fulfill agrarian agreements, as well as suppliers and their organizations demands. %K sugar cane agribusiness %K agrarian agreements %K information asymmetry. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-40632012000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en