Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/220309 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 221
Publisher: 
Institute for Applied Economic Research (ipea), Brasília
Abstract: 
The paper provides historical and analytical perspectives for the assessment of the challenges and opportunities of cattle raising activities in the transition towards a lowcarbon agriculture in Brazil. It is organized as follows. The next section presents long run historical perspectives on the development of cattle raising in Brazil. The third section analyzes the patterns of growth of cattle raising in Brazil based upon municipal panel data of Agricultural Census from 1975 to 2006. The fourth section uses a framework analogous to Hayami and Ruttan (1985) to estimate growth convergence equations for major aspects of cattle raising activities, namely the stocking ratio, the specialization in cattle and farm expansion. The report concludes with a discussion of policy options for a transition towards sustainable cattle raising in Brazil.
Subjects: 
panel data
Arrellano-Bond
agricultural economics
land use
cattle ranching
deforestation
JEL: 
Q15
Q23
C33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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