Agriculture : the missing link -- Demand outrunning supply -- Land and water scarcity -- A century of yield takeoffs -- Raising grain yields -- Facing biological reality -- The emerging politics of scarcity -- An unprecedented challenge

This study aims to analyze the evolution of Brazilian agricultural production from the 1960s to now. We will summarize some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on how technical change and the national system of...