Determinants of Land Use in Amazônia: A Fine-Scale Spatial Analysis

Kenneth M. Chomitz and Timothy Thomas

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, vol. 85, issue 4, 1016-1028

Abstract: Wetter areas of the Amazon basin exhibit lower rates of agricultural conversion. Previous analyses, using relatively aggregate data on land cover, have been unable to determine the extent to which this reflects limited access versus unfavorable agroclimatic conditions. This article uses census-tract level data for the Brazilian Amazon to relate forest conversion and pasture productivity to precipitation, soil quality, infrastructure and market access, proximity to past conversion, and protection status. The probability that land is used for agriculture or intensively stocked with cattle declines markedly with increasing rainfall, other things equal. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2003
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