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The Growth Of The Soybean Frontier In South America: The Case Of Brazil And Argentina

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  • Klein, Herbert S.
  • Vidal Luna, Francisco

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In the past 50 years, South America has emerged as the dominant world producer of soybeans, a crop of no significance in the region before the middle of the 20th century. As of the crop year 2019/2020, Brazil and Argentina produced 176 million tons which is over half of all world production and these two countries alone will also account for 57 per cent of all Soybeans exported in international trade. How this new agricultural product evolved in these two principal regional producers is the aim of this study. Here we attempt to examine the historical evolution of soybean production in Brazil and Argentina and try to show the unique patterns of production in each of the two crucial states.

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  • Klein, Herbert S. & Vidal Luna, Francisco, 2021. "The Growth Of The Soybean Frontier In South America: The Case Of Brazil And Argentina," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(3), pages 427-468, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:39:y:2021:i:3:p:427-468_2
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    1. Maria-Isabel Ayuda & Ignacio Belloc & Vicente Pinilla, 2022. "Export Boom and Re-Primarisation in Latin America (1994-2019): Determining Factors of Agri-Food Product Exports," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 2206, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.

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