Pathways for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil

The document finds that Brazil can significantly increase agricultural output without deforestation by eliminating inefficiencies, though this requires substantial increases in operational costs and farm equipment investment.

• Brazil has the potential to increase crop output by 79% if pasture cannot be converted to cropland, and by nearly 105% if such conversion is allowed, all without increasing deforestation.
• Beef production shows a lower potential for growth through efficiency gains compared to crops, with country-level inefficiencies representing a potential increase of slightly below 27%.
• Achieving maximum agricultural output at the country level requires significant capital accumulation, specifically a 48-52% increase in the value of farm equipment and a 44-51% increase in operational costs.
• The required investments vary by scale; for the scenario allowing pasture-to-cropland conversion, the necessary increase in farm equipment value is 51.6% at the country level, 35.5% at the biome level, and 31.2% at the state level.

APA

Assunção, J., & Bragança, A. (2019). Pathways for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Insights-Sustainable-Agricultural-18Jun19.pdf

Chicago

Assunção, Juliano, and Arthur Bragança. Pathways for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil. Climate Policy Initiative, 2019. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Insights-Sustainable-Agricultural-18Jun19.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{assuno2019pathways, author = {Assunção, Juliano and Bragança, Arthur}, title = {{Pathways for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Brazil}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Insights-Sustainable-Agricultural-18Jun19.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }