Agriculture in Brazil and Argentina: Developments and Prospects for Major Field Crops
Randall D. Schnepf, Erik Dohlman, and Christine Bolling
Agriculture and Trade Report No. (WRS013) 85 pp,
December 2001
This report identifies key factors underlying the agricultural productivity growth and enhanced international competitiveness of Brazil and Argentina in the past decade. Economic and policy reforms, infrastructure development, and enhanced use of agricultural inputs that drove output growth during the 1990s are discussed. This report also compares Brazilian, Argentine, and U.S. soybean production costs and evaluates the combined impact of production, marketing, and transportation costs on the overall export competitiveness of each country's soybean producers. Finally, the outlook for continued growth in output and exports of key commodities is assessed.
Keywords: Brazil, Argentina, soybeans, corn, wheat, agriculture, policy, infrastructure, production costs
In this report ... Chapters are
in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Table of Contents, 12 kb
- Frontmatter, 10 kb
- Foreword, 10 kb
- Executive Summary, 18 kb
- Chapter 1: Introduction, 30 kb
- Chapter 2: A Comparison of Economic and
Agricultural Settings, 161 kb
- Chaper 3: Soybeans, Agriculture,
and Policy in Argentina, 117 kb
- Chapter 4: Soybeans, Agriculture,
and Policy in Brazil, 145 kb
- Chapter 5: Soybean Production Costs and Export
Competitiveness in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina, 39 kb
- Chapter 6: Outlook and Issues Confronting
Future Development, 49 kb
- References, 25 kb
- List of Tables, 10 kb
- List of Figures, 13 kb
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Updated date: December 28, 2001
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