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A agricultura tropical e a produção de alimentos no Brasil

1992; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Português

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Alexandre Cardoso dos Reis,

Rural Development and Agriculture

RESUMO Procura demonstrar que os baixos indices de produtividade no setor da agro-pecuaria no Brasil resultam principalmente da inadequacao ao ambiente tropical da tecnologia, dos insumos e das maquinas originalmente desenvolvidas para regioes de clima temperado e frio. Chama a atencao para o descaso, no Brasil e em outros paises tropicais, em relacao ao alto custo ecologico, nao quantificado, alem dos custos economicos resultantes da importacao de tecnologia. Defende a necessidade de desenvolvimento de metodos e processos agricolas mais compativeis com o ambiente tropical. ABSTRACT Agriculture and the production of food in Brasil. v. 20, n. 1, p. 107-150, jan./jun. 1992. Attempts to demonstrate that the low rates of production in the agriculture and cattle breeding sector in Brazil is mainly a result of the fact that technology, machines, and other products used in the tropical environment were originally developed in and for non-tropical regions. Calls attention to the disdain, in Brazil as well as in other tropical countries, with respect to the high ecological cost, besides the economical costs as a result of the importation of technology. Claims the necessity of the development of agricultural methods and processes more suitable to the tropical environment. RESUME L’agriculture et la production des aliments au Bresil. v. 20, n. 1, p. 107-150, jan./jun. 1992. L’article tâche tout d’abord de montrer que la basse productivite de l’elevage et de l’agriculture au Bresil est le resultat de la non-adequation des produits et des machines agricoles (normalement developpees pour des regions de climat tempere et froid), a la region tropicale. Attirant l’attention vers l’indifference du Bresil et de quelques pays tropicaux pour le cout ecologique et economique de l’importation de technologies, il defend la necessite de developpement de nouveaux proces agricoles et des methodes plus adequates a la region.