Economic and ecological perspectives on agriculture in the Eastern Amazon

Angelica Toniolo; Christopher Uhl

doi:10.1016/0305-750X(95)00027-A

Economic and ecological perspectives on agriculture in the Eastern Amazon

Angelica Toniolo, Christopher Uhl

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There are more than five million people that depend on subsistence agriculture for livelihood in the Brazilian Amazon. Using a case study approach, we show that intensive approaches to agriculture can offer advantages over extensive-style shifting cultivation and ranching in terms of productivity, net returns, and job and tax generation. We then use our data to illustrate how the availability of land, labor, and capital affects the adoption of intensive agricultural practices in the Eastern Amazon.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	959-973
Number of pages	15
Journal	World Development
Volume	23
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(95)00027-A
State	Published - Jun 1995

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Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics

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