Crédito rural e desmatamento provocado pela pecuária: evidências para o Brasil

Abstract

The National Rural Credit System (SNCR) influences Brazilian livestock in several ways. It can stimulate industrialization, commercialization, or even the adoption of more productive techniques. What is proposed is to use empirical estimates to identify whether the SNCR has any relationship with the level of deforestation in the country. Using information from 5,007 Brazilian municipalities between 2013 and 2018, and focusing only on livestock activity, it was concluded that the form of distribution of resources (investment, costing, commercialization, and industrialization) affects deforestation to form pasture. Values destined for family livestock are negatively correlated with deforestation, as well as the possibility of monitoring the use of resources. It is also concluded that the higher the price level of live cattle, the greater the expectation of deforestation. Finally, fixed variables such as ’distance to commercial centers’ and ’soil suitability’ were also positively correlated with deforestation for livestock activity.