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

Abstract

Bin withrazil the theand past expansionArgentina two decades. ofhavesoybean In emerged both production cases as the leading modern andmaizehas maize alsoproducershad industry an impactand is associated exporterson 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.