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TODAY•Agriculture and rural development

continuedV: Internal Colonization of Tropical

Lowlands - AmazoniaThe issue of lowland tropical

deforestation

•Mexican Agriculture- an example of a dual system

•Other examples of Commercial Agriculture in LA

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LAST TIME- Questions?

•Agriculture and rural development continuedIV: Dual agricultural systems or

“The Productivity Paradox”V: Internal Colonization of Tropical

Lowlands

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Agricultural and Rural Development V: Internal

Colonization of Tropical South American Lowlands•Example III from Amazonia

> 600 million haAmazonian environments

Terra firmeVárzaSavanna

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Development history in Amazonia I

•Early extractive uses

•“Spontaneous” peasant agricultural colonization and Governmentally planned colonization in Brazilian AmazonAndean Amazon

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Development in Amazonia II•Patterns of peasant colonization

Fishbone patternsScale & geography of changeCauses Cattle ranchingConsequences Ecuadorian “Oriente”

•Commercial expansion of modern agricultureExample of soy in Mato Groso

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Amazonian deforestation•Wider consequences

In Brazilspeculation and abandoned lands

Loss of rare tropical rain forestDestruction of speciesDestruction of Indigenous people’s

traditional livelihoodConsequences for global warmingFails to solve land tenure problemLocal weather impacts

•Solutions?

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Fordlândia

Jarí

Area of high density of rubber trees

Planned

Spontaneous

Amazonian colonization

Source: NASA

Source: Frontiers in Ecology

Ecuadorian Oriente © Christine Erlien

Soy in S America

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Tropical Deforestation•Deforestation rates•Causes

Agricultural clearingPasture clearingTimber harvestingOil exploration/extractionPopulation growth?Degradation of lands in source

areas of migrantsPoor land tenure equity in source

areas of migrantsUrban poverty

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Mexican Agriculture-examples

•Dual system spatially and functionally

•Regions in Mexican agricultureNorthern irrigated oasesMesa Central and Bajío

Commercial, specialty, & small holder

Southern highland Mexico, lowlands near Gulf of Mexico, and Yucatan

Commercial & small holder

Bajío

Irrigated maize in Bajío

Tequila

Pulque

(like tequila & mezcal, pulque is from maguey, a species of agave) – not a cactus

Magueys in fallow field C. Mexico

Milpa (i.e., field – usually corn) in Chiapas

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Commercial Agriculture in LA

•Argentina

•Chilean central valley

•Brazil

•Peru’s coastal oases

•Columbia’s coffee

•Specialty crops: coca, flowers, ferns

•Central America’s 3 Cs

Pam

pasW

ines

Argentine Soy(98% GMO)

Navin Ramankutty, Nicholas J. Olejniczak, and Jonathan A. FoleyCenter for Sustainability and the Global Environmenthttp://www.sage.wisc.edu

Cultivation Intensity

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