The Impact of the Rise of Modern Maize Production in Brazil and Argentina

Abstract

Brazil and Argentina have emerged as leading maize producers and exporters in the past two decades. In both cases the modern maize industry is associated with the expansion of soybean production and has also had an impact on national meat production. We examine how this transformation of maize production occurred, how it evolved in different ways in these two countries and how it relates to changes in their general agricultural development.

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