For Brazil, increasing cattle productivity is critical to raising beef production without increasing forest clearing and thereby meeting the nation\u2019s environmental commitments. Currently, pastures cover over 220 million hectares of the nation, and their expansion has been the primary driver of deforestation both in the Amazon and in the Cerrado. The typical pasture of the country\u2019s productivity is so low that the intensification of cattle ranching activities could enable cattle productivity to increase at least twofold, reducing the pressure on forests while generating economic benefits. Therefore, identifying rancher incentives to improve their pastures\u2019 productivity will be essential for designing effective environmental and agricultural policies in Brazil in the coming decades.<\/p>\n
This white paper outlines the close connection between cattle productivity and the share of farmland devoted to this activity. Estimates using Agricultural Census data from the last four decades show that these variables are inversely related, indicating that cattle ranching becomes more productive as ranch size declines. Additional empirical exercises suggest that the cost of the land relative to the capital might explain this relationship. Finally, the white paper presents policy lessons that might show a pathway for intensifying cattle ranching without inducing further deforestation.<\/p>\n\n
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Este trabalho do CPI\/PUC-Rio, descreve a rela\u00e7\u00e3o entre produtividade pecu\u00e1ria e a porcentagem das fazendas utilizada como pastagem. Estimativas utilizando dados dos Censos Agropecu\u00e1rios das \u00faltimas quatro d\u00e9cadas mostram que essas vari\u00e1veis s\u00e3o inversamente relacionadas, indicando que a pecu\u00e1ria se torna mais produtiva \u00e0 medida que a \u00e1rea de pastagens cai. Exerc\u00edcios emp\u00edricos adicionais apontam que o custo relativo da terra vis-\u00e0-vis o capital pode explicar essa rela\u00e7\u00e3o. Por fim, o documento discute li\u00e7\u00f5es para pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas que podem mostrar um caminho para aumentar a produtividade sem induzir novos desmatamentos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":29417,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"programs":[1241],"regions":[1377],"topics":[1351,1263,1251],"collaborations":[],"class_list":["post-23122","cpi_publications","type-cpi_publications","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","programs-brazil-policy-center","regions-brasil","topics-agricultura-sustentavel","topics-pecuaria","topics-regulacao-e-politica-publica"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n