The technological and institutional requirements needed for a broader distribution and adoption of new cropping technologies are indicated, using as example the case of changes in land use by soybean growers of the Brazilian Cerrados. In Brazil, soybean had contributed significantly to economic development, accounting for 8 percent of total exports. The current survey was conducted on a red-yellow Latosol in southeastern Minas Gerais. In 1986, 72 percent of this area was under annual crops and 11 percent under pastures.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Brazil, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1996China, Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Colombia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1996Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Nicaragua, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Honduras, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Central America, South America, Caribbean
The paper reviews trends in land use change in the tropics and subtropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, and their relation to the evolution of the cattle industry in the region. It is posited that horizontal expansion is nearly finished, and that cattle sector, and the grasslands that support it, are beginning to intensify. Nevertheless a number of paradoxes subsist and are discussed. Most notable among these are the interactions among land speculation, a characteristic aspect of much of the extensive cattle industry throughout history, with policies and technologies.
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