Currently, a large amount of the Federal Government's resources is being applied in the implementation of the São Francisco river water transfer project in the Northeast region of Brazil. This project aims to increase water supply for multiple uses in part of the Semi-Arid Northeastern region....

The rise in agricultural prices to alarming levels since 2007 characterized the "agrinflation" phenomenon. Because of the increase in food prices and the expectation of strong population growth in the coming years, the issue of land grabbing by foreigners in the world has been drawing the...

This study aimed to discuss environmental sustainability issues of the Brazilian agricultural sector, regarding aspects such as the impacts of the sector's growth on the natural environment, current policies and strategies needed to mitigate these impacts. Historically, agricultural policies...

Public irrigation policy in Brazil aims to promote socioeconomic development focusing on economically disadvantaged regions that have agricultural potential. In the Northeast region, fruit exploitation plays an important role in the production. Irrigation projects in this region is an essential...

The Ecoforte Program was created under the National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production (PNAPO) with the objective of strengthening agroecology networks in Brazil. This research sought to understand how the expectations and demands of civil society to support and strengthen agroecology...

Pesticides are not only agricultural inputs but also dangerous products, reason why the state must regulate them. However, if scientific evidence about the effects of pesticides is universal, why do regulations vary across countries? This article argues that pesticide regulation depends in part...

A vast economic literature argues that well-defined property rights over land use can be associated with increases in efficiency in the use of scarce resources. In December 2020, the Brazilian government launched the Titula Brasil program, which aims to support and facilitate the land...

A considerable part of the population in the area of influence (AI) of the São Francisco Integration Program (PISF) in the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará survives from agricultural production in the approximately 500 thousand agricultural establishments scattered...