Toward a Spatial Understanding of Staple Food and Nonstaple Food Production in Brazil |
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| Authors: | J Christopher Brown Lisa Rausch Verônica Gronau Luz |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Kansas;2. State University of Campinas |
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| Abstract: | Brazilian agricultural census data at the municipal level are used to develop and map a simple index of staple food versus nonstaple food agriculture for Brazil over time (1996–2006). The results show spatial variation in the direction and degree of the shift toward or away from staple food cropping across Brazil. The index is presented as an important methodological step toward a systematic geographic understanding of crop share changes surrounding food versus fuel and other nonfood crop production. |
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| Keywords: | biofuels Brazil food security food versus fuel |
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