Market Access and Agricultural Diversification: An Analysis of Brazilian Municipalities

IF 3.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Land Pub Date : 2024-01-04 DOI:10.3390/land13010061

B. Perosa, Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Mateus Batistella

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Abstract

Market access has a deep impact on farmers’ decisions, influencing their choice of crops and technology adoption. Crop diversification depends on the availability of markets to trade the agricultural portfolio. This study explored how market access impacted the level of diversification in 5565 Brazilian municipalities from 2013 to 2021. We developed a regression model considering how variables related to market access and commercialization (storage, roads, distribution centers, commercialization credit, among others) affected a local (municipality level) diversification index. After environmental variables were controlled, the results indicated that most of the market access variables have a significant impact on diversification. We also used map analysis to analyze the regional patterns of specialization in Brazilian agriculture, concluding that logistics and commercialization infrastructure have strong influence on the level of diversification in Brazil, a major agricultural powerhouse in the world. The results indicate that market access variables affect diversification and should be considered by policy makers aiming to increase sustainability in agriculture and livestock.

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市场准入与农业多样化：巴西城市分析

市场准入对农民的决策有着深刻的影响，影响着他们对作物的选择和技术的采用。作物多样化取决于是否有市场来交易农业产品组合。本研究探讨了从 2013 年到 2021 年，市场准入如何影响巴西 5565 个城市的多样化水平。我们建立了一个回归模型，考虑与市场准入和商业化（仓储、道路、配送中心、商业化信贷等）相关的变量如何影响地方（市级）多样化指数。在对环境变量进行控制后，结果表明大多数市场准入变量对多样化有显著影响。我们还利用地图分析法分析了巴西农业的区域专业化模式，得出结论认为，物流和商业化基础设施对世界农业大国巴西的多样化水平有很大影响。结果表明，市场准入变量会影响多样化，旨在提高农业和畜牧业可持续性的政策制定者应加以考虑。

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Land ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-Nature and Landscape Conservation

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4.90

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23.10%

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1927

期刊介绍： Land is an international and cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal of land system science, landscape, soil–sediment–water systems, urban study, land–climate interactions, water–energy–land–food (WELF) nexus, biodiversity research and health nexus, land modelling and data processing, ecosystem services, and multifunctionality and sustainability etc., published monthly online by MDPI. The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), European Land-use Institute (ELI), and Landscape Institute (LI) are affiliated with Land, and their members receive a discount on the article processing charge.