Sustainability Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture

With contributions from a wide range of thematic areas, this book provides a diverse perspective on the contemporary environmental challenges of Brazilian agriculture. Assessing existing experiences of governance interventions, implementation of inclusive and sustainable production practices, as well as technical innovations, this edited volume presents the reader with a nuanced perspective on sustainable future pathways for Brazilian agriculture. In many cases, actors within the agricultural sector stand in a key position to address environmental concerns, which often has generated important breakthroughs and improvement of production practices. Drawing on contributions from authors within a variety of fields, this contribution presents a trans-disciplinary perspective on the problems and pathways through which multi-level interventions can lead to sustainable solutions within the Brazilian agricultural and livestock sector. This book hereby constitutes an informed and timely contribution to the important debates about Brazil's potential role in confronting environmental problems. More broadly, this volume also sheds light on the process of agricultural transitions in the Global South, and how food security concerns may be reconciled with sustainable production.

Autorentext

Niels Søndergaard: Assistant professor in international relations at the University of Brasília, Brazil. Dr. Søndergaard has been working as a senior research fellow with Insper Agro Global (2020/2022) and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for International Relations at the University of Brasilia (2018/2020). He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Brasilia, Brazil (2018), a Masters in Global Studies with major in Political Science from the University of Lund, Sweden (2014), and Bachelor in Global Studies and International Development from the University of Roskilde, Denmark (2011). In 2019, his thesis on Brazilian state-agribusiness relations within a foreign policy perspective was awarded the price for the best thesis defended in 2018 by the Brazilian Association for International Relations. His research focuses on agricultural production, trade, and governance.

Camila Dias de Sá: Senior research fellow atthe Global Agribusiness Center at Insper, Sao Paulo. Previously she has worked as a consultant to a diverse range of agribusiness companies as well as for Brazilian government agencies while occupying positions as lecturer in business and economic schools. Dr. Sá holds a PhD (2019) and a Masters (2010) in Business Administration/Economics of Organizations from the Unversity of São Paulo and a Bachelor (2002) in Agronomy from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ) also from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Her research focuses on institutions and organizations within the scope of agricultural production, sustainability, and trade.

Ana Flávia Granja e Barros-Platiau: Associate professor in international relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), and the Superior Defense College (ESD), both in Brazil. She is the current director of the Brasilia Research Centre for Earth System Governance Network, hosted by the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development at the Department of Geosciences, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She has been working on research agendas encompaasing issues such as sustainability, global governance and Brazil for decades. She holds a phd and master's degree in international relations from the University of Paris 1, Sorbonne-Panthéon.