During the last decades initiatives have been presented in Argentina the results of which - if implemented - would be constraints on contractual options available to landowners and tenants. Similarly, as a response to the increased importance of soybeans (which some classify as "soil depleting")...

Pizarro Protected Area (Province of Salta, north-west Argentina) can be considered as a marker for the consequences of global change. Over 60% of this protected area was declassified in 2004 by Salta’s provincial authorities and sold as plots for cultivation of soybeans. This triggered a...

Research related to climate variability is particularly important in the current conditions faced by Argentine agriculture. These include (a) increased specialization in soybeans, with resulting reduced possibilities of risk-reduction though "portfolio" effects, (b) increased importance of...

This paper deals with the problem of definition and measurement of the efficiency of agricultural production. Using an agronomical simulation model, it makes comparisons of wheat, maize, sunflower and soybean production in different regions of France, Argentina and the United States. The ability...