Assessing the Capital Costs of Maximizing Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil

The report estimates that Brazil could significantly increase agricultural output without further deforestation by investing in farm equipment and operational costs, noting substantial regional variation in these requirements.

• Brazil has the potential to increase crop output by 79.0-104.5% and beef output by 26.8% without increasing deforestation or pasture areas.
• Achieving these production increases would require an investment of USD 34.4-37.4 billion in farm equipment (a 47.5-51.6% increase) and USD 44.4-51.2 billion in operational costs (a 43.5-50.5% increase).
• The required increases in production and capital are not uniform across the country, with significant concentrations in the north of Goiás and the Vale do Ribeira region of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2021). Assessing the Capital Costs of Maximizing Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/assessing-the-capital-costs-of-maximizing-sustainable-agricultural-production-in-brazil/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Assessing the Capital Costs of Maximizing Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil. 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/assessing-the-capital-costs-of-maximizing-sustainable-agricultural-production-in-brazil/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2021assessing, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Assessing the Capital Costs of Maximizing Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/assessing-the-capital-costs-of-maximizing-sustainable-agricultural-production-in-brazil/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }