Economic growth and food offer in Brazil

Gervásio Castro de Rezende ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1986, vol. 6, issue 1, 66-84

Abstract: This paper presents evidence that the production of some basic food crops inBrazil is characterized by singular technical and social features vis-à-vis other food and exportcrops. After proposing an analysis of this differentiated production structure, the papergoes on to argue that these food production’s singularities have the consequences of: 1)making the share of labor cost in total unit cost higher in the production of these food crops;and 2) producing a negative impact of economic growth upon food supply, due to the improvedemployment opportunities in the urban and rural labour markets. An implication ofthis analysis is the attribution of lesser emphasis on the inter-relationship food/export cropswithin agriculture, in favor of a greater emphasis on the inter-relationship of food production/overall labor market conditions. JEL Classification: Q11; Q13; Q17; F14.

Keywords: Food; agricultural output; food supply; exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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