Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna
Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantify t...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1994
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| author | Smith, J. Cadavid Herrera, JV Rincón Castillo, A. Vera, Raúl R. |
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| author_facet | Smith, J. Cadavid Herrera, JV Rincón Castillo, A. Vera, Raúl R. |
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| description | Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantify the determinants of intensification. Results show that land speculation has simultaneously increased the profitability of cattle ranching while slowing down intensification and impeding the adoption of sustainable practices. Intensification occurred because the production gains offered by improved pastures over native grasses were large enough to overcome the negative effect of land speculation on intensification. By contrast, in the Amazon, improved technologies have to overcome the high fertility of newly deforested land. Thus, technology, land speculation and characteristics of the resource base interact in a complex way to determine the speed and nature of intensification |
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| spelling | CGSpace715732025-11-05T18:21:59Z Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna Smith, J. Cadavid Herrera, JV Rincón Castillo, A. Vera, Raúl R. land use farm structure intensification animal husbandry savannas mathematical models environmental degradation pastures income land prices innovation adoption utilización de la tierra estructura de la explotación intensificación ganadería sabanas modelos matemáticos degradación ambiental pastizales renta tierra precios adopción de innovaciones Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantify the determinants of intensification. Results show that land speculation has simultaneously increased the profitability of cattle ranching while slowing down intensification and impeding the adoption of sustainable practices. Intensification occurred because the production gains offered by improved pastures over native grasses were large enough to overcome the negative effect of land speculation on intensification. By contrast, in the Amazon, improved technologies have to overcome the high fertility of newly deforested land. Thus, technology, land speculation and characteristics of the resource base interact in a complex way to determine the speed and nature of intensification 1994 2016-02-29T17:11:36Z 2016-02-29T17:11:36Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71573 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Smith, Joyotee; Cadavid Herrera, José Vicente; Rincón Castillo, Alvaro; Vera, Raúl R. 1994. Land speculation and intensification at the frontier : A seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 44 p.. |
| spellingShingle | land use farm structure intensification animal husbandry savannas mathematical models environmental degradation pastures income land prices innovation adoption utilización de la tierra estructura de la explotación intensificación ganadería sabanas modelos matemáticos degradación ambiental pastizales renta tierra precios adopción de innovaciones Smith, J. Cadavid Herrera, JV Rincón Castillo, A. Vera, Raúl R. Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title | Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title_full | Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title_fullStr | Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title_short | Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna |
| title_sort | land speculation and intensification at the frontier a seeming paradox in the colombian savanna |
| topic | land use farm structure intensification animal husbandry savannas mathematical models environmental degradation pastures income land prices innovation adoption utilización de la tierra estructura de la explotación intensificación ganadería sabanas modelos matemáticos degradación ambiental pastizales renta tierra precios adopción de innovaciones |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71573 |
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