Um Novo Modelo de Negócios É Necessário para Aumentar a Produtividade da Pecuária na Amazônia

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/PUC-Rio analyzes the productivity of livestock farming in the Legal Amazon. It finds that the region is dominated by a homogeneous, low-productivity extensive business model, meaning that simply scaling existing local best practices would yield limited gains. The authors argue that significant productivity increases require a new business model involving technologies not yet used at scale and the combatting of land grabbing (grilagem).

• Scaling the practices currently used in the most productive municipalities of the Legal Amazon would result in a limited increase in the value of livestock production, estimated between 17.6% and 29.4%, without increasing deforestation.
• The potential for productivity gains varies by state; Pará has the highest potential, with a possible 27% increase if all its municipalities reached the level of its most productive one. Gains are lower in Mato Grosso and Maranhão (around 17%) and below 10% in Rondônia and Acre.
• There is a significant gap between the potential for productivity gains in livestock compared to grain production. While previous CPI/PUC-Rio studies estimated that Brazilian agriculture could increase production by 79.0-104.5% without increasing deforestation, the livestock potential in the Legal Amazon is substantially lower.
• Achieving major productivity gains in the Legal Amazon requires the introduction of a new business model and the dissemination of techniques and technologies not yet used at scale, as well as combating land grabbing (grilagem), which uses low-productivity extensive livestock as part of its process.
• Promising paths for increasing productivity include scaling initiatives like the Pecuária Verde project in Paragominas, the Pecuária Sustentável da Amazônia (PECSA) company, and the integration of crops and livestock (ILP) systems.
• Legal insecurity and land grabbing incentivize low-productivity extensive livestock on recently converted forests for speculation rather than production. Implementing policies for deforestation control, public land allocation, and the forest code is necessary to encourage intensification.

APA

Filho, F. L. L., Bragança, A., & Assunção, J. (2021). Um Novo Modelo de Negócios É Necessário para Aumentar a Produtividade da Pecuária na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMZ2030-Produtividade-da-Pecuaria.pdf

Chicago

Filho, Francisco Luis Lima, Arthur Bragança, and Juliano Assunção. Um Novo Modelo de Negócios É Necessário para Aumentar a Produtividade da Pecuária na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMZ2030-Produtividade-da-Pecuaria.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{filho2021novo, author = {Filho, Francisco Luis Lima and Bragança, Arthur and Assunção, Juliano}, title = {{Um Novo Modelo de Negócios É Necessário para Aumentar a Produtividade da Pecuária na Amazônia}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMZ2030-Produtividade-da-Pecuaria.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }