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The Brazilian Cattle Sector: Status, Prospects and Controversies
Author(s) -
Faminow Merle D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1997.tb00203.x
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , deforestation (computer science) , livestock , geography , agroforestry , tropics , production (economics) , business , agricultural economics , biodiversity , natural resource economics , environmental protection , economics , forestry , ecology , environmental science , biology , macroeconomics , computer science , programming language
The cattle sector in Brazil (and in other countries of South America) is substantial in terms of size and potential impacts in world markets. Due to the sheer magnitude and potential of the Brazilian cattle sector, it merits our attention. A trend to more productive cattle systems, new rules for trade in livestock products and more effective control of hoof and mouth disease in some areas of Brazil could cause it to become a more formidable beef exporter. Brazil also warrants attention because of the controversial practice of deforestation for cattle production in the Amazon rain forest. A vocal environmental lobby has decried cattle production in the Amazon, but this practice continues. This paper reviews the status, prospects and controversies of the beef sector in Brazil, with a special focus on deforestation and cattleproduction in tropical ecosystems.