MELHORAR A PRODUTIVIDADE AGRÍCOLA BRASILEIRA É UM PASSO IMPORTANTE PARA A MITIGAÇÃO DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS

The document presents evidence from the NAPC/CPI project (INPUT) showing that agricultural modernization in Brazil is compatible with environmental conservation. It analyzes four case studies—soy adaptation in the Cerrado, rural electrification, sugarcane expansion in Mato Grosso do Sul, and relative price shifts between crops and beef—to demonstrate that productivity gains often lead to the substitution of pasture land rather than the deforestation of native vegetation. The brief concludes that the 2012 Forest Code can act as a catalyst for this transition, aligning economic growth with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

• Brazil's agricultural land use is characterized by significant inefficiency, with a small portion of land producing the majority of output; in 2006, 18% of agricultural lands accounted for 63% of total production.
• The adaptation of soy to the Cerrado region demonstrated that technological innovation can reduce deforestation because the expansion of cultivated areas occurred primarily by replacing pastures rather than forests.
• Rural electrification between 1960 and 2000 generally reduced deforestation in an average Brazilian municipality by increasing productivity and reducing pasture areas, although it can increase deforestation in regions where agricultural properties occupy a small fraction of the municipal area.
• The expansion of 14 sugarcane plants in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2005 and 2012 led to a over 300% increase in sugarcane cultivation area, mostly replacing pastures, and resulted in an average reduction of deforestation by 6,300 hectares in those municipalities after three years.
• In the Tapajós Basin between 2002 and 2012, an increase in the relative price of crops compared to beef encouraged farmers to convert pastures into intensified crop areas, which is estimated to have reduced deforestation by 530,000 hectares.
• The 2012 Forest Code serves as a strategic tool to catalyze agricultural intensification by restricting the expansion of used areas, thereby favoring productivity gains over land expansion and potentially opening new international markets.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2017). MELHORAR A PRODUTIVIDADE AGRÍCOLA BRASILEIRA É UM PASSO IMPORTANTE PARA A MITIGAÇÃO DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Melhorar-produtividade-agricola-brasileira-passo-importante-para-mitigacao-mudancas-climaticas.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. MELHORAR A PRODUTIVIDADE AGRÍCOLA BRASILEIRA É UM PASSO IMPORTANTE PARA A MITIGAÇÃO DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS. 2017. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Melhorar-produtividade-agricola-brasileira-passo-importante-para-mitigacao-mudancas-climaticas.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2017melhorar, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{MELHORAR A PRODUTIVIDADE AGRÍCOLA BRASILEIRA É UM PASSO IMPORTANTE PARA A MITIGAÇÃO DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2017}, month = apr, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Melhorar-produtividade-agricola-brasileira-passo-importante-para-mitigacao-mudancas-climaticas.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }