Eficiência técnica agropecuária e desmatamento: análise espacial para a Amazônia legal brasileira

Agricultural technical efficiency and deforestation: spatial analysis for the brazilianlegal amazon

Jéssica de Lima da Vida Pellenz (), Mariza de Almeida () and Viviani Silva Lirio ()

Estudios Economicos, 2021, vol. 038 (Nueva Serie), issue 77, 119-146

Abstract: The agricultural sector’s performance is essential for Brazilian economic perfor-mance. However, it requires attention to the inevitable environmental counterpart caused by the expansion of land use instead of productive efficiency. Realizing the relevance of agriculture to the Brazilian economy and recognizing the importance of promoting sustainable growth, this research assesses how the levels of counties’ agricultural efficiency are related to deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. For that purpose, Data Envelopment Analysis and spatial econometrics were used. The results suggest that counties with a low level of efficiency contribute to the increase in deforestation, while the most efficient ones contribute to the reduction in deforested areas

Keywords: Deforestación; amazonia legal brasileña; análisis espacial; technical efficiency; deforestation; brazilian legal amazon. spatial analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 Q15 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.52292/j.estudecon.2021.2200

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