Soybeans represent a recent and powerful threat to tropical biodiversity in Brazil.
Developing effective strategies to contain and minimize the environmental impact of …

Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation: Introduction: the role of agricultural
technologies in tropical deforestat Page 1 Introduction Arild Angelsen and David Kaimowitz 1 …

Análise atualizada da situação da agricultura familiar no Brasil, que retrata a presente etapa
da reforma agrária e compõe um interessante exercício de tipologia a partir dos diferentes …

A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a
large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in …

This paper examines the relation between soyabean technology and the loss of natural
vegetation in south Brazil, central west Brazil (the Cerrado) and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The …

This paper analyzes the transition of Brazilian agriculture from low productivity and
backwardness to its current status as a major player in international markets. Long-term …

The objective of this study is to determine the financing impact of total expenditure on the
use of agriculture inputs (fertilizers, labor, and pesticides), and the output of cotton, rice …

This paper develops a model of deforestation and economic development in the Amazon. It
is based on the determinants of demand for agricultural land, ie on the interactions between …

No começo da década de 80, a crise de financiamento externo da dívida pública e a
incapacidade de obter um financiamento interno estável, mergulharam o país em 15 anos …

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de resumir e discutir os principais aspectos da evolução e fases
da agroindústria canavieira no Brasil, ressaltando o período de 1946–1947 a 2012–2013 …