Curbing enthusiasm for Brazilian agribusiness: The use of actor-specific assessments to transform sustainable development on the ground |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Development Research – University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Strasse 3, Bonn 53113, Germany;2. Center for Development Research – University of Bonn, and Center for International Forestry Research, Walter-Flex-Strasse 3, Bonn 53113, Germany;3. Center for International Forestry Research, Rua Sta. Cristina 104, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;1. Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS), SC 484, 89815-899 Chapecó, Brazil;2. Gwevhane (Human Rights Organization), Xinavane, Mozambique;3. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa;4. Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, Brazil;5. School of Agriculture Engineering (Feagri/Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil;1. German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Steinstr. 19, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany;2. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstr. 1a, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany;3. Social Ecology of Tropical and Subtropical Land-Use Systems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany;1. Departamento de Ciências Básicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Odontologia, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil;2. Programa de Pós-Graduação Multicêntrico em Ciências Fisiológicas – SBFis, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Odontologia, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil;3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Odontológica– Saúde Bucal da Criança, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Odontologia, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Current enthusiasm for the potential of sustainable agricultural development must be based on a realistic assessment of the dynamics used by specific farming sectors. This study highlights the structural limitations that impede agricultural progress and explains why it is necessary to overcome these impediments in a case study of Brazil, one of the world's main agricultural exporters. In Brazil, the commodity-exporter large-farmers production chain is largely controlled by multinational corporations, with the investment of national capital a mere 12.4% in the technology-intensive sectors of the soy business (composed of seed production, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery, trading companies). The agricultural sector's future depends on increasing the share of national capital into domestic businesses and confronting the current and simplistic strategy of expansion into new agricultural frontiers, which often have high social and environmental costs. The future of family farmers depends on comprehensive development alternatives and challenging the current policies, since current development has been restricted to the 17.9% of family farmers who have access to rural credit, whom are mostly based in the Southern region of Brazil. |
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| Keywords: | Agricultural policy Agribusiness Land-related conflicts Deforestation Family farmers Rural development |
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