Economic and ecological perspectives on agriculture in the eastern Amazon

Título Economic and ecological perspectives on agriculture in the Eastern Amazon
Autores Angelica Toniolo (a)
Christopher Uhl (b)
Vinculação dos autores (a) Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon) – Belém (PA), Brasil
Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, USA(b) Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon) – Belém (PA), Brasil
Ano de publicação 1995
Meio de publicação World Development (Volume 23, Issue 6, June 1995, Pages 959-973)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(95)00027-A

Abstract

There are more than five million people that depend on subsistence agriculture for livelihood in the Brazilian Amazon. Using a case study approach, we show that intensive approaches to agriculture can offer advantages over extensive-style shifting cultivation and ranching in terms of productivity, net returns, and job and tax generation. We then use our data to illustrate how the availability of land, labor, and capital affects the adoption of intensive agricultural practices in the Eastern Amazon.

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This post was published on 1 de junho de 1995

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