Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.

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Autor(a) principal: ARRUDA, M. R. de
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: GILLER, K. E., SLINGERLAND, M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1074024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720150260
Resumo: Sugarcane growing area in Brazil sharply expanded between 2000 and 2010 due to the increasing world demand for sugar and ethanol. Since this expansion of sugarcane is said to occur in areas covered by degraded pastures, it is likely not threatening the environment or food production. In order to verify this assumption, we investigate at farm and field levels which types of land use sugarcane cropping replaced between 2005 and 2010 and the reasons for farmers shifting or not shifting to sugarcane, as a case study in two counties in the state of Goiás. Within the studied period, sugarcane cropping expansion was related to large farms, lower risk perceived by farmers, and higher profitability compared with soybean and beef cattle-raising. For smallholders, particularly dairy farmers, the need to comply with the set-aside rules under Brazilian Forest Code (Código Florestal Brasileiro) made a shift to sugarcane less attractive, as it would have forced them to reduce farm cultivable area, with loss of incomes. From 30,408 ha under sugarcane surveyed, 45.7% had used to be pastures, 31% had previously been pastures rotated with soybean and maize, and 23.3% had been cropped exclusively with soybean or maize.
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spelling Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.CroppingSmall farmersCana-de-açúcardairy farmingland use changepasturesSugarcane growing area in Brazil sharply expanded between 2000 and 2010 due to the increasing world demand for sugar and ethanol. Since this expansion of sugarcane is said to occur in areas covered by degraded pastures, it is likely not threatening the environment or food production. In order to verify this assumption, we investigate at farm and field levels which types of land use sugarcane cropping replaced between 2005 and 2010 and the reasons for farmers shifting or not shifting to sugarcane, as a case study in two counties in the state of Goiás. Within the studied period, sugarcane cropping expansion was related to large farms, lower risk perceived by farmers, and higher profitability compared with soybean and beef cattle-raising. For smallholders, particularly dairy farmers, the need to comply with the set-aside rules under Brazilian Forest Code (Código Florestal Brasileiro) made a shift to sugarcane less attractive, as it would have forced them to reduce farm cultivable area, with loss of incomes. From 30,408 ha under sugarcane surveyed, 45.7% had used to be pastures, 31% had previously been pastures rotated with soybean and maize, and 23.3% had been cropped exclusively with soybean or maize.MURILO RODRIGUES DE ARRUDA, CPAA; KEN E. GILLER, Wageningen University; MAJA SLINGERLAND, Wageningen University.ARRUDA, M. R. deGILLER, K. E.SLINGERLAND, M.2019-04-16T00:39:46Z2019-04-16T00:39:46Z2017-08-1520172019-04-16T00:39:46Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 3, p. 2485-2493, 2017.http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1074024http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720150260enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)instname:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)instacron:EMBRAPA2019-04-16T00:39:53Zoai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1074024Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/oai/requestopendoar:21542019-04-16T00:39:53falseRepositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/oai/requestcg-riaa@embrapa.bropendoar:21542019-04-16T00:39:53Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice) - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
title Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
spellingShingle Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
ARRUDA, M. R. de
Cropping
Small farmers
Cana-de-açúcar
dairy farming
land use change
pastures
title_short Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
title_full Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
title_fullStr Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
title_full_unstemmed Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
title_sort Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
author ARRUDA, M. R. de
author_facet ARRUDA, M. R. de
GILLER, K. E.
SLINGERLAND, M.
author_role author
author2 GILLER, K. E.
SLINGERLAND, M.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv MURILO RODRIGUES DE ARRUDA, CPAA; KEN E. GILLER, Wageningen University; MAJA SLINGERLAND, Wageningen University.
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv ARRUDA, M. R. de
GILLER, K. E.
SLINGERLAND, M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cropping
Small farmers
Cana-de-açúcar
dairy farming
land use change
pastures
topic Cropping
Small farmers
Cana-de-açúcar
dairy farming
land use change
pastures
description Sugarcane growing area in Brazil sharply expanded between 2000 and 2010 due to the increasing world demand for sugar and ethanol. Since this expansion of sugarcane is said to occur in areas covered by degraded pastures, it is likely not threatening the environment or food production. In order to verify this assumption, we investigate at farm and field levels which types of land use sugarcane cropping replaced between 2005 and 2010 and the reasons for farmers shifting or not shifting to sugarcane, as a case study in two counties in the state of Goiás. Within the studied period, sugarcane cropping expansion was related to large farms, lower risk perceived by farmers, and higher profitability compared with soybean and beef cattle-raising. For smallholders, particularly dairy farmers, the need to comply with the set-aside rules under Brazilian Forest Code (Código Florestal Brasileiro) made a shift to sugarcane less attractive, as it would have forced them to reduce farm cultivable area, with loss of incomes. From 30,408 ha under sugarcane surveyed, 45.7% had used to be pastures, 31% had previously been pastures rotated with soybean and maize, and 23.3% had been cropped exclusively with soybean or maize.
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