Brazil

Fertilizer adoption by smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: farm-level evidence

Journal article / Farm-level data from the eastern Brazilian Amazon shows that market proximity had a significant positive correlation with fertilizer adoption.

Untouched forests are the ecological gold standard

Press release / A new study reveals that untouched, primary forests are the ecological gold standard, but regrowing tropical forests are key to biodiversity and carbon storage.

Brazil’s landless movement and rights ‘from below’

Journal article / This study considers how agrarian movements develop and apply their own rights discourses to further demands for social justice.

Trase Yearbook reveals how companies and consumer markets are linked to soy deforestation risk in Brazil

Feature / Using Trase transparency data, discover insights into how companies' and importers' sourcing of Brazilian soy could link them to deforestation.

New Trase Yearbook highlights deforestation linked to exports of Brazilian soy

Press release / New analysis in the Trase Yearbook identifies deforestation risks associated with the supply chain of soy.

Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains

Journal article / How can better transparency boost sustainability governance in agricultural commodity supply chains?

New data takes Trase soy supply chain mapping to the next level

Feature / The Trase supply chain transparency platform Trase gets even better supply chain mapping for Brazilian soy and Indonesian palm oil, plus new functions.

Why farmers in the Brazilian Amazon persist in low-income activities that result in environmental damage

Press release

Rents, actors, and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Journal article / This article examines the roles played by large interests and smallholders in creating agricultural frontiers, focusing on the Gran Chaco region.