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Brazil: The Future of Modern Agriculture?

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  • Holger Matthey
  • Jacinto F. Fabiosa
  • Frank H. Fuller

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In an attempt to understand better Brazil's future role in agricultural markets, the authors of this report traveled to Brazil on a fact-finding mission in September 2003. The goal was to get a first-hand impression of Brazil's agricultural sector and especially its future potential. In this report we provide a general description of crop and livestock production, government policies, public and private cooperation, and transportation and biotechnology issues. The most striking observations made during our time in Brazil was the universal sense of optimism expressed by producers, government officials, agronomists, and market analysts about the future growth of Brazilian agricultural production. Does that mean Brazil, as one person suggested, is the future of modern agriculture? Our answer to that question depends on one's view of the future of global agriculture. Brazilian large-scale, commercially oriented, forward-looking operations are well suited to compete in commodity markets that are constantly driven to increase productivity and reduce costs. On the other hand, we observed factors within Brazil itself that have potential for creating tensions, which may ultimately force politicians to consider reforms that reduce production efficiency to achieve other social and environmental objectives.

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  • Holger Matthey & Jacinto F. Fabiosa & Frank H. Fuller, 2004. "Brazil: The Future of Modern Agriculture?," Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (MATRIC) Publications (archive only) 04-mbp6, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Rada, Nicholas E. & Buccola, Steven T. & Fuglie, Keith O., 2009. "Brazil's Rising Agricultural Productivity and World Competitiveness," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49317, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Rada, Nicholas, 2013. "Assessing Brazil’s Cerrado agricultural miracle," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 146-155.
    3. Andino, Jose & Mulik, Kranti & Koo, Won W., 2005. "The Impact Of Brazil And Argentina'S Currency Devaluation On U.S. Soybean Trade," Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report 23486, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics.
    4. Ishac Diwan & Olivier Gaddah & Rosie Osire, 2013. "Looking like an Industry: Supporting Commercial Agriculture in Africa," CID Working Papers 266, Center for International Development at Harvard University.

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