Development for sustainable agriculture : the Brazilian cerrado
Title:
Development for sustainable agriculture : the Brazilian cerrado
Author:
Hosono, Akio, editor.
ISBN:
9781137431356
Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Map of Cerrado -- A note on the map of Cerrado -- Forewords / Akihiko Tanaka and Alysson Paulinelli -- Introduction / Akio Hosono, Carlos Magno Campos da Rocha and Yutaka Hongo -- Part I. Development of Cerrado Agriculture / by Akio Hosono and Yutaka Hongo -- Technological Breakthrough that Made Cerrado Agriculture Possible : Preparatory to Establishment Periods -- Institutional Innovation that Drove Cerrado Agriculture on Truck : From Establishment to Early Development Periods -- Full-fledged Development of Cerrado Agriculture : The Path to Becoming a Major Global Breadbasket -- The Impact of Cerrado Development : Stable Food Supply and Inclusive Development with Agricultural Value Chains -- Cerrado Agriculture and Environment -- Part II. Technological and Institutional Innovations that Enabled Sustainable Cerrado Agriculture -- EMBRAPA Model : An Experience of Institutional Building for Agricultural Technology Innovation / by Elseu Alves -- Technological Innovations for Cerrado Agriculture : Experiences of CPAC / by Elmar Wagner, Wenceslau J. Goedert and Carlos Magno Campos de Rocha -- Environment Friendly Land Use of Cerrado / by Edson Eyji Sano -- PRODECER : An Innovative International Cooperation Program / by Roberto Rodriguez -- Role of CAMPO, a Bi-National Public Private Enterprise as a Promoter and Coordinator of PRODECER / by Emiliano Pereira Botelho.
Abstract:
"Brazil has become one of today's major producers and net exporters of grains. This was achieved by converting barren land into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing areas. The transformation of Cerrado is one of the crucial factors that enabled Brazil's impressive poverty reduction both through generating jobs and inclusive growth as well as through increasing food and nutrition security. Innovative technologies and institutions were introduced and developed to uphold environmental and ecological conservation. The experiences of the Cerrado related in this book will be of great value to contemporary developing countries struggling to attain food and nutrition security, value chains, employment and inclusive growth, and sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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