Brazil: agricultural production and trade prospects

The paper is organized as follows: section II presents trade patterns of the most important agricultural commodities for the last 15 years. Section III discusses the impact of changes in agricultural policies, and investment in infraestructure on agricultural production. Section IV discusses production and trade prospects for a number of agricultural commodities. Section V discusses several determinants of rural poverty and how it is linked with agrarian reform and land settlement in Brazil. Section VI summarizes the paper and it gives some policy recommendations. (MV)

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Main Authors: 125746 Tsigas, Eleni C. autora, 82799 Kerr, Tom autor, 351932 Clark, Jeff editor, 14 IICA, San José (Costa Rica) entidad colaboradora
Format: biblioteca
Language:0
Published: San José,Costa Rica Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 1997
Subjects:Productos agrícolas, Comercio internacional, Mercados de productos básicos, Utilización de la tierra, Sostenibilidad, Pobreza, Precios, Producción, Sector agrario, Frutas tropicales, Frutas de clima templado, ,
Online Access:http://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/9962
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Summary:The paper is organized as follows: section II presents trade patterns of the most important agricultural commodities for the last 15 years. Section III discusses the impact of changes in agricultural policies, and investment in infraestructure on agricultural production. Section IV discusses production and trade prospects for a number of agricultural commodities. Section V discusses several determinants of rural poverty and how it is linked with agrarian reform and land settlement in Brazil. Section VI summarizes the paper and it gives some policy recommendations. (MV)