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

The report finds that livestock productivity in the Legal Amazon is highly homogeneous and characterized by an extensive production model with low input use. While disseminating existing best practices from the most productive municipalities could increase production value by 17.6-29.4% without further deforestation, this is significantly lower than the potential seen in crop agriculture. The authors argue that substantial gains require a new business model involving technologies not yet used at scale, such as integrated crop-livestock systems, and the combatting of land grabbing (grilagem), which incentivizes low-productivity extensive ranching for land speculation.

• Disseminating the practices of the most productive municipalities in the Legal Amazon to others would increase the value of livestock production by 17.6% to 29.4% without increasing deforestation.
• The potential for productivity gains through the dissemination of existing regional practices is significantly lower than the potential identified in agronomic literature or the gains seen in Brazilian crop agriculture.
• The potential for production increase varies by state; Pará has the highest potential at 27.32% if all its municipalities reach the level of its most productive one, while states like Rondônia and Acre have potentials below 10%.
• Achieving major productivity gains requires a new business model and the introduction of technologies not yet used at scale, such as the 'Pecuária Verde' project in Paragominas, the Sustainable Livestock of the Amazon (PECSA) model, and integrated crop-livestock systems (ILP).
• Land grabbing (grilagem) and legal insecurity encourage low-productivity extensive ranching as a tool for land speculation rather than productive activity; therefore, controlling illegal deforestation and implementing the forest code are essential to incentivize 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} }