EXPANSION OF AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN BRAZIL FROM 1994 TO 2013: SOYBEANS VERSUS CORN VERSUS COTTON

Rogerio Edivaldo Freitas

Organizações Rurais e Agroindustriais/Rural and Agro-Industrial Organizations, 2017, vol. 19, issue 3

Abstract: The objective of this article was to map disparities in the increases of agricultural areas in the Brazilian mesoregions between 1994 and 2013; particularly the levels of concentration of soybeans, corn, and cotton. The methodological approach included Cluster procedures and locational Gini coefficients. The results highlighted a frontier line identified in the central-northwest area of Brazil. As for the crops, a more concentrated expansion of the agricultural area dedicated to cotton was verified in the selected mesoregions. This expansion was less concentrated in soybeans and even less concentrated in corn.

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.301932

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