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Sustainability of Brazilian forest concessions by Sist, P., Piponiot, C., Kanashiro, M., Pena-Claros, M., Putz, F.E., Schulze, M., Verissimo, A., Vidal, E.

“…In 2006, the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) started an ambitious program to establish forest concessions so as to provide a legal framework for long-term sustainable timber production in Amazonian forests. …”
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Brazilian Agriculture: Recent Development by Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

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Genetic base of brazilian cultivars by Voysest Voysest, Oswaldo, Thung, Michael D., Valencia C., María Clara

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Sources of Technological Innovation in Brazilian Agriculture by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…In this paper we will apply an adapted version of this approach to the Brazilian agricultural sector as to improve our understanding of the contribution of the various sources of technological innovation to Brazilian agriculture.…”
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USDA review of the Brazilian sugar sector by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In October 2003 the USDA released a profile of the Brazilian...…”
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Genealogy of Brazilian upland rice varieties by Guimarães, Elcio Perpétuo

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Inventories and commercial possibilities of Brazilian forests by Heinsdijk, D., Glerum, B. B.

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Public Investments for Agriculture Development: The Brazilian Story by Garcia Gasques, José, Bastos, Teles, Eliana

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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Cattaneo, Andrea

“…It examines the effects of (1) a major devaluation of the Brazilian real (R$); (2) improvements of infrastructure in the Amazon to link it with the rest of Brazil and bordering countries; (3) modification of land tenure regimes in the Amazon agricultural frontier; (4) adoption of technological change in agriculture both inside and outside the Amazon; and (5) fiscal mechanisms to reduce deforestation. -- from Author's Abstract…”
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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Cattaneo, Andrea

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Performance of sweet potato genotypes in Brazilian regions by Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira, da Silva, Giovani Olegário, Nunes, Maria Urbana Correa, Filho, Pedro Celestino, Silva, Waltenis Braga, Moita, Antonio Willians, de Carvalho, José Luiz Viana, Nuti, Marilia Regini

“…This study evaluated the performance of features of agronomic importance of the Beauregard cultivar in comparison to local cultivars and eight sweet-potato clones in Brazilian regions. For that purpose, two sets of experiments were carried out. …”
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The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon by Andersen, L.E., Granger, C.W.J., Reis, E.J., Weinhold, D., Wunder, Sven

“…This book presents an empirical analysis of the development processes and the economic of Brazilian Amazon deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. …”
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Testing the limits of criteria and indicators in the Brazilian Amazon by Pokorny, B., Cayres, G., Nunes, W.

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The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian amazon by Barona, Elizabeth, Ramankutty, N, Hyman, Glenn G., Coomes, O.T.

“…The dynamics of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are complex. A growing debate considers the extent to which deforestation is a result of the expansion of the Brazilian soy industry. …”
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Soil organic matter in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados by Neufeldt, Henry, Resck, DVS, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Zech, W.

“…Little is known about the sustainability of cultivation systems in the Brazilian savannas, also known as the Cerrados, despite its increasing significance for that country`s agriculture. …”
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Investment in project preventing deforestation of the Brazilian Amazonas by Hansson, Pär

“…The aim of this thesis is to create an understanding of the incentives for forest companies to invest in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, which is termed REDD. The Brazilian Amazonas was chosen as the base for the investment case. …”

Efficiency of bolsa floresta program in the Brazilian amazon by Lucas, Nathalia

“…In a tropical rainforest context, as the Brazilian Amazon, the local population plays an important role when conservation is the final objective of an environmental policy. …”

Busting the boom–bust pattern of development in the Brazilian Amazon by Caviglia-Harris, Jill, Sills, Erin, Bell, Andrew R., Harris, Daniel, Mullan, Katrina, Roberts, Dar

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Effects of Brazilian wheat subsidies on income distribution and trade by Calegar, Geraldo M., Schuh, George Edward

“…Brazilian wheat policy as considered in this chapter consists of two relatively separate components: production policies and consumption policies. …”
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The persistence of secondary forests on colonist farms in the Brazilian Amazon by Smith, J., Ferreira, S., Kop, P. van de, Ferreira, C.A.P., Sabogal, C.

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