O Impacto do Crédito do Programa ABC para a Recuperação de Pastagens: Evidências para o Cerrado

The executive summary evaluates the ABC Recuperação credit program in the Cerrado, finding that it has had very modest impacts on pasture quality and land use. The study highlights that the credit line contributed to at most 2.5% of the 2020 recovery goal and notes a concerning trend where some areas were converted from native vegetation to pasture before receiving credit. It recommends strengthening post-credit monitoring, improving pre-credit evaluations, and integrating technical assistance to enhance environmental outcomes.

• The ABC Recuperação credit line has demonstrated very limited effectiveness, with no significant improvement in general pasture quality and only marginal changes in land use. Approximately 75% of the analyzed areas remained unchanged four years after the credit was obtained, and no significant effects were observed in severely degraded areas. On average, the credit reduced pasture area by 3 percentage points as land was converted to other economic uses.
• There is evidence that some areas were converted from native vegetation to pasture prior to the acquisition of the credit, which contradicts the program's goal of preventing deforestation. However, this trend of conversion was interrupted after the resources were obtained.
• The integration of technical assistance is a critical factor for success; borrowers who used credit to hire technical assistance saw an average reduction of 6 percentage points in degraded pasture area, whereas those who did not hire such services saw virtually no change in pasture vigor.
• The ABC Recuperação credit line is estimated to have contributed to a maximum of 2.5% of the 15 million hectare recovery goal set for 2020, indicating that meeting national targets depends on other policy instruments and spontaneous producer adoption.
• Pre-credit evaluations are currently imprecise, as more than 25% of the declared areas were not actually pastures at the time the credit was taken.

APA

Oliveira, W., Souza, P., & Assunção, J. (2024). O Impacto do Crédito do Programa ABC para a Recuperação de Pastagens: Evidências para o Cerrado. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sumario-Executivo-Recuperacao-de-Pastagem.pdf

Chicago

Oliveira, Wagner, Priscila Souza, and Juliano Assunção. O Impacto do Crédito do Programa ABC para a Recuperação de Pastagens: Evidências para o Cerrado. Climate Policy Initiative, 2024. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sumario-Executivo-Recuperacao-de-Pastagem.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{oliveira2024impacto, author = {Oliveira, Wagner and Souza, Priscila and Assunção, Juliano}, title = {{O Impacto do Crédito do Programa ABC para a Recuperação de Pastagens: Evidências para o Cerrado}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sumario-Executivo-Recuperacao-de-Pastagem.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }