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Determination and prediction of agricultural land prices using hedonic prices model: an application

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Brazil

This article aims specific markets agricultural land prices determination and forecast using hedonic prices methodology. The absence of official or trustworthy information on land prices makes this very important in Brazil. This multiple regression model has as dependent variable the price per hectare and the next explanatory variables: physical attributes (soil, relief), production (systems of production, localization, access), and infrastructure of the property and expectations (regional situation, local investments).

The agricultural, environmental and socio-political repercussions of Brazil's land governance system

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2013
Brazil

Although many contemporary studies of agriculture associate larger properties with higher relative productivity, this assumption has limited relevancy for the analysis of situations in which property owners profit more from large-scale property accumulation itself rather than any superiority in exploitation opportunities offered by increased size. In Brazil, the efficiency-of-scale paradigm has been used to criticize peasant agriculture as unproductive and hide contradictions deriving from land concentration.

O mundo rural no Brasil do século 21

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
América Latina e Caribe
América do Sul
Brasil

A história da agricultura mundial no último meio século tem sido, sobretudo, a história de transformações produtivas, impulsionadas pela ciência e pela intensificação tecnológica, e a resultante expansão da capacidade produtiva, pari passu com o crescimento da demanda de alimentos.