2019
DOI: 10.12924/cis2019.07010007
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Socio-Ecological Implications of Soy in the Brazilian Cerrado

Abstract: This paper summarizes the critical importance of the Cerrado savannah biome in Brazil and examines key ways in which large-scale agriculture, in particular large-scale soy farming, threatens water security and increases socio-ecological stress. It connects agribusiness expansion to the globalized meat industry by defining how complex economic relationships result in deforestation on a massive scale. It describes how this radical change in land cover has led to changes in rainfall patterns that are associated w… Show more

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“…Production expansion was led by technological interventions, such as (overhead) irrigation, fertilization, plant breeding and microbial inoculation, enabling cultivation in areas previously unsuited for commodity crops (Cattelan & Dall'Agnol, 2018). Yet, the expansion of agricultural areas under large-scale monocultures is also associated with land grabbing, expropriation and conflicts with local communities (Eloy et al, 2016;Sauer, 2018), biodiversity loss (Barona et al, 2010;Rausch et al, 2019), climate change (Escobar et al, 2020;Lathuillière et al, 2014), and reduced water provision and quality (Escobar et al, 2020;Lathuillière et al, 2014;Rekow, 2019). These unprecedented externalities are critical at local and global level.…”
Section: Intensification and Specialisation Of Farming In North-west Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Production expansion was led by technological interventions, such as (overhead) irrigation, fertilization, plant breeding and microbial inoculation, enabling cultivation in areas previously unsuited for commodity crops (Cattelan & Dall'Agnol, 2018). Yet, the expansion of agricultural areas under large-scale monocultures is also associated with land grabbing, expropriation and conflicts with local communities (Eloy et al, 2016;Sauer, 2018), biodiversity loss (Barona et al, 2010;Rausch et al, 2019), climate change (Escobar et al, 2020;Lathuillière et al, 2014), and reduced water provision and quality (Escobar et al, 2020;Lathuillière et al, 2014;Rekow, 2019). These unprecedented externalities are critical at local and global level.…”
Section: Intensification and Specialisation Of Farming In North-west Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nesta bacia, a economia concentra-se na agropecuária, com forte inserção da agricultura irrigada, mais precisamente às margens do Rio Formoso (Magalhães Filho et al, 2015, Rekow, 2019. Nesta região, existem inúmeros projetos de irrigação que se utilizam dos recursos hídricos, incluindo o Projeto Rio Formoso.…”
Section: áRea De Estudounclassified
“…Research, Society andDevelopment, v. 10, n. 14, e177101421897, 2021 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i14.21897 4 No período chuvoso na região (outubro a abril), ocupa-se com arroz irrigado com área cultivada de 18000 hectares em 2018 e produtividade média de 7500 kg por hectare, com sistemas de irrigação por inundação. No período de seca na região (maio a setembro), basicamente a área é ocupada com a produção de soja para semente subirrigada (vazio sanitário), com produtividade média de 3300 kg por hectare e área de 16000 hectares cultivada, também 2000 hectares de melancia com produtividade média de 25000 kg por hectare, cultivada com sistema de subirrigação (Magalhães Filho et al, 2015;Rekow, 2019).…”
Section: áRea De Estudounclassified
“…Mesmo com a sua inserção dentre os hotspot e a eminente necessidade de preservação a região dos cerrados por apresentar uma alternativa para o desenvolvimento econômico local, passou a ser um local de utilização para a expansão do agronegócio, expansão populacional, silvicultura entre outras atividades (Matos & Pessôa, 2014;Fernandes et al, 2016;Cunningham & Beazley, 2018;Rekow, 2019).…”
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