Soybean development the impact of a decade of agricultural change on urban and economic growth in Mato Grosso, Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Richards, Peter ^a   Pellegrina, Heitor ^a   VanWey, Leah ^a   Spera, Stephanie ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; INVESTMENT; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROFIT; SOYBEAN; URBANIZATION; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

GLYCINE MAX;

BRAZIL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOYBEANS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84928734395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122510     Document Type: Article

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