Título:	Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the Brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study.
Autor:	ARRUDA, M. R. de GILLER, K. E. SLINGERLAND, M.
Afiliación:	MURILO RODRIGUES DE ARRUDA, CPAA; KEN E. GILLER, Wageningen University; MAJA SLINGERLAND, Wageningen University.
Año:	2017
Referencia:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 3, p. 2485-2493, 2017.
Descripción:	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.
NAL Thesaurus:	dairy farming land use change pastures
Palabras clave:	Cropping Small farmers Cana-de-açúcar
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720150260
Tipo de Material:	Artigo de periódico
Acceso:	openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAA)