A Look at Amazon Basin Seasonal Dynamics with the Biophysical ...
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Land Use Patterns in the Brazilian Amazon: Comparative Farm-Level Evidence from RondoniaJohn O. Browder, Marcos A. Pedlowski, Percy M. SummersVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversitySince the 1970s the Brazilian Amazon has received nearly one million migrantfarm households from other regions of the country, many of whom were attracted togovernment sponsored frontier settlement programs that offered free tropical forest land.As a result, pressures on tropical forests have intensified along several settlementcorridors throughout the region. Despite their importance as agents of landscape change,surprisingly little is known about the land use practices of these farmers. This paperbriefly reviews the research literature on smallholder land use patterns in Amazonia. Therecent history of one important agricultural land settlement program in the westernBrazilian Amazon state of Rondônia, is described. Based on 240 household surveysconducted in three separate settlement locations in the state, this paper highlights keydifferences in land use patterns among the rural population. Typologies of farmingsystems are presented based on cluster analysis of land use data and ANOVA tests. Thefindings indicate considerable complexity and heterogeneity in smallholder farmingsystems. Spatial variations in farming system types may be due to geographic differencesin soil regimes, the social histories of specific communities, and site-specific exogenousvariables.
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Land Use P<strong>at</strong>terns in <strong>the</strong> Brazilian <strong>Amazon</strong>: Compar<strong>at</strong>ive Farm-Level Evidence from RondoniaJohn O. Browder, Marcos A. Pedlowski, Percy M. SummersVirginia Polytechnic Institute and St<strong>at</strong>e UniversitySince <strong>the</strong> 1970s <strong>the</strong> Brazilian <strong>Amazon</strong> has received nearly one million migrantfarm households from o<strong>the</strong>r regions of <strong>the</strong> country, many of whom were <strong>at</strong>tracted togovernment sponsored frontier settlement programs th<strong>at</strong> offered free tropical forest land.As a result, pressures on tropical forests have intensified along several settlementcorridors throughout <strong>the</strong> region. Despite <strong>the</strong>ir importance as agents of landscape change,surprisingly little is known about <strong>the</strong> land use practices of <strong>the</strong>se farmers. This paperbriefly reviews <strong>the</strong> research liter<strong>at</strong>ure on smallholder land use p<strong>at</strong>terns in <strong>Amazon</strong>ia. Therecent history of one important agricultural land settlement program in <strong>the</strong> westernBrazilian <strong>Amazon</strong> st<strong>at</strong>e of Rondônia, is described. Based on 240 household surveysconducted in three separ<strong>at</strong>e settlement loc<strong>at</strong>ions in <strong>the</strong> st<strong>at</strong>e, this paper highlights keydifferences in land use p<strong>at</strong>terns among <strong>the</strong> rural popul<strong>at</strong>ion. Typologies of farmingsystems are presented based on cluster analysis of land use d<strong>at</strong>a and ANOVA tests. Thefindings indic<strong>at</strong>e considerable complexity and heterogeneity in smallholder farmingsystems. Sp<strong>at</strong>ial vari<strong>at</strong>ions in farming system types may be due to geographic differencesin soil regimes, <strong>the</strong> social histories of specific communities, and site-specific exogenousvariables.
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