Figures & data
Figure 1. Growth of the soy and cattle industries in the Brazilian Amazon, 1990–2008.
Table 1. Principal options faced by ranchers after displacement
Figure 2. Potential land use trajectories pursued by displaced rancher.
Figure 3. The proportion of capital inputs to land in relation to distance from a theoretical market or point of consumption.
Figure 4. Capital transfer is shown using a rent-based model.
Figure 5. Cattle production (at left) has expanded at the northern reach of the BR-163 in Mato Grosso; soy production (at night) has expanded in the southern municipios, closer to points of export in São Paulo and Paraná states. Changes shown for the period 1998–2008.
Table 2. Land prices in the BR-163 corridor, 2005 (US$/0.01 km2), percent change from 2002 in parentheses
Table 3. Land prices in the BR-163 corridor, 2009 (US$/0.01 km2), percent change from 2008 in parentheses
Figure 6. Location of Alta Floresta, Sorriso, and Nova Mutum in northern Mato Grosso.
