Curbing enthusiasm for Brazilian agribusiness: The use of actor-specific assessments to transform sustainable development on the ground

G Medina, AP dos Santos - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
Current enthusiasm for the potential of sustainable agricultural development must be based
on a realistic assessment of the dynamics used by specific farming sectors. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Impacto dos assentamentos rurais no desmatamento da Amazônia

MHCS Farias, NES Beltrão, CA Santos… - Mercator …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Nos últimos anos, percebeu-se uma mudança no perfil do desmatamento na Amazônia,
evidenciando índices crescentes de pequenos desmatamentos, decorrentes da …

[PDF][PDF] A trajetória política do MST: da crise da ditadura ao período neoliberal

C Coletti - Campinas: UNICAMP, 2005 - repositorio.unicamp.br
Esta tese analisa a trajetória política do MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem
Terra) desde o seu surgimento, numa conjuntura marcada pela crise da ditadura militar, até …

Political debates and agricultural policies: Discourse coalitions behind the creation of Brazil's Pronaf

S Ghinoi, VJW Junior, S Piras - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The literature on rural development focuses on the socio-economic effects of agricultural
support policies; the process of policy design, however, is devoted less attention. Identifying …

Land reform and biodiversity conservation in Brazil in the 1990s: conflict and the articulation of mutual interests

L Cullen Jr, K Alger, DM Rambaldi - Conservation Biology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐reform and environmental movements, revitalized by the democratization of civil
society in Brazil in the 1990s, found their objectives in conflict over forested parcels that …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of rural settlements on the deforestation of the Amazon

MHCS FARIAS, NES BELTRÃO, CA SANTOS… - Mercator …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Nos últimos anos, percebeu-se uma mudança no perfil do desmatamento na Amazônia,
evidenciando índices crescentes de pequenos desmatamentos, decorrentes da …

Development pathways for family farmers: lessons from Brazil on the need for targeted structural reforms as a means to address regional heterogeneity

G da Silva Medina, MS Gosch, ME DelGrossi - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
Identifying development pathways for family farmers is one of the main on-going global
efforts toward rural development. Promising development pathways are assessed for Brazil …

Peri-urban territories and WEF nexus: the challenges of Brazilian agrarian reform areas for social justice

T Granero de Melo, B Lacerra de Souza… - Journal of Integrative …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past three decades, agrarian reform areas have transformed urban and rural
spaces across Brazil. Although these areas' creation reduced inequalities and …

Aqui ninguém domina ninguém: sentidos do trabalho e produção de saúde para trabalhadores de assentamento do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra

JCB Santos, ÉA Hennington - Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Este artigo discute os resultados parciais da pesquisa qualitativa que visou a analisar os
modos de vida e significados atribuídos por assentados do Movimento dos Trabalhadores …

Interest groups, information manipulation in the media, and public policy: the case of the landless peasants movement in Brazil

LJ Alston, GD Libecap, B Mueller - 2010 - nber.org
We extend the literature on interest group behavior and policy outcomes by examining how
groups with limited resources (votes and campaign contributions) effectively influence …