Aluguel de Terras no Brasil: Um Mercado a Ser Explorado

The report examines why land rental markets in Brazil are underdeveloped compared to international standards, noting that only 3.3% of cultivated land was under lease or partnership agreements in the last Agricultural Census. It identifies legal imperfections—such as non-negotiable contract clauses, rent ceilings, and minimum contract durations—as primary deterrents to market growth. The document argues that deregulating these markets would allow for more efficient land use, specifically suggesting that over 40 million hectares of degraded pasture outside the Amazon could be converted to sugarcane production to increase agricultural value and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Brazil's land rental markets are significantly less developed than those in other regions; while the last Agricultural Census showed only 3.3% of cultivated land in Brazil was under lease or partnership agreements, this figure is 33% in Europe and nearly 38% in the United States.
• There is a significant opportunity to increase productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by utilizing degraded pastures; estimates indicate Brazil has over 40 million hectares of degraded pasture outside the Amazon that could be used for sugarcane production, representing more than 65% of Brazil's total cultivated area in 2006.
• The growth of land rental markets is stifled by a legal system that imposes non-negotiable mandatory clauses on contracts, including rent ceilings, fixed payment methods, minimum contract durations, and preferential rights for renewal or purchase, which the document describes as outdated relative to the current complexity of the agricultural sector.
• In addition to legal imperfections, land rental markets are hindered by insecurity regarding property rights, a lack of efficient dispute resolution mechanisms, and insecurity stemming from agrarian reform.

APA

Assunção, J., & Chiavari, J. (2014). Aluguel de Terras no Brasil: Um Mercado a Ser Explorado. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Aluguel-de-Terras-no-Brasil-Sumario-Executivo.pdf

Chicago

Assunção, Juliano, and Joana Chiavari. Aluguel de Terras no Brasil: Um Mercado a Ser Explorado. Climate Policy Initiative, 2014. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Aluguel-de-Terras-no-Brasil-Sumario-Executivo.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{assuno2014aluguel, author = {Assunção, Juliano and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{Aluguel de Terras no Brasil: Um Mercado a Ser Explorado}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Aluguel-de-Terras-no-Brasil-Sumario-Executivo.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }