Establishment and Early Development: PRODECER Sets Agricultural Development in the Cerrado on Track

Hosono, Akio; Hongo, Yutaka

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“…In 1973, JICA and the Brazilian government launched the Program of Directed Settlement of the Alto Parnaíba (PADAP) which granted public land for settlers to grow grains. PADAP also established growth poles to extend transportation and communication networks (seeHosono and Hongo, 2016). Then in 1980, the philosophy of PADAP was extended region-wide under the Brazilian-Japanese Cooperation Program for the Development of the Cerrado (PRODECER).…”

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Yield of dreams: Marching west and the politics of scientific knowledge in the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Nehring

2016

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Over the past forty years, Brazilian agriculture has rapidly industrialized elevating the country as one of the world's largest exporters of key commodity crops such as corn, soybeans and cotton. Muchof the credit for this transformation has gone to the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) for their work in the center-west region of the country. This area, known as the Cerrado, industrialized rapidly starting in the early 1970s with the introduction of chemical fertilizers and new seed varieties to fix its acidic soils. This paper historicizes the political and social relations behind the industrial transformation of the Cerrado by focusing on the establishment of Embrapa. I argue that U.S. political relations and corporate interests helped to lay the scientific and institutional groundwork for public research in Brazil to ensure longterm industrialization of the Cerrado. This research is based on interviews conducted at Embrapa headquarters and field research sites in Brazil as well as historical archives in both Brazil and the U.S. iii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Ryan Nehring is a PhD student in the department of Development Sociology at Cornell University. His research interests include the political economy of development and agricultural research in Brazil, and local food policies in Latin America. He received a B.A. in Languages and International Studies for the College of Saint Scholastica and an M.A. in International Development from Saint Mary's University (Halifax).

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Yield of dreams: Marching west and the politics of scientific knowledge in the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

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Economic and Social Impacts of Cerrado Agriculture: Transformation for Inclusive Growth Through Clusters and Value Chains

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2019

Innovation With Spatial Impact: Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Cerrado

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Global Environmental Governance and ODA from Japan to Brazil

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Brazil—Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value

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Both Brazil and Japan have been active in global environmental governance, have signed important multilateral environmental agreements, and both have committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The two countries have been historical partners in development cooperation/assistance since 1959. Starting with a broad concept of development cooperation (assistance), this study aims at assessing the contributions and impacts of this specific type of cooperative relationship between the two countries. Using a global environmental governance analytical framework, the research assesses the Japanese official development assistance (ODA) and interrogates its contribution to and impacts on environmental protection and sustainable development in Brazil. Through literature review, document analysis, and interviews, we identify development cooperation programs and projects implemented in the period of 1981–2020 and present two cases, one in the Cerrado (PRODECER) and the other in the Amazon (SAF—Tomé-Açu), to analyze how global environmental commitments guide (or not) the provision of ODA. Such analysis is relevant to understanding global trends of environmental governance at the subnational and local levels. We argue that the environmental dimension has been incorporated into ODA projects, according to global commitments. However, more must be achieved to meet global environmental challenges.

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Establishment and Early Development: PRODECER Sets Agricultural Development in the Cerrado on Track

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Yield of dreams: Marching west and the politics of scientific knowledge in the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Yield of dreams: Marching west and the politics of scientific knowledge in the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Economic and Social Impacts of Cerrado Agriculture: Transformation for Inclusive Growth Through Clusters and Value Chains

Global Environmental Governance and ODA from Japan to Brazil

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