IAI-Data-CRN_009_Brasil_Maranhao: Expansao e trajetorias da pecuaria na Amazonia

This book, Expansao e trajetorias da pecuaria na Amazonia: Maranhao, Brasil, investigates the socioeconomic and biophysical factors that influence the growth of cattle ranching in the Brazilian state of Maranhao in the Amazon (2003). In-depth interviews were performed with land managers by an interdisciplinary team of researches.

Data collection and analysis focused on the decision making process by which landholders take into account social and biophysical factors in their decision to (a) invest in cattle, in their (b) selection of pasture management technologies, and in (c) the strategies they adopt to deforest primary and secondary growth. The regional case study (184 pages) includes an introduction and six chapters: Contextualizing the Study; Criteria for Selecting Critical Producers; Factors that Influence the Decision to Invest in Cattle; Factors that Influence Pasture Management; Factors that Influence Deforestation; and Conclusion (with policy recommendations).