Agrarian crisis in Brazilian Amazonia: the Grande Carajas Programme

In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 23, Heft Jul 87

Abstract

Focuses on the most recent large-scale initiative, the Grande Carajas Programme, maintaining that it is likely to exacerbate violent rural conflict, land concentration, landlessness, environmental degradation and a growing food deficit. Considers agrarian reform plans and concludes that improvements in the agrarian situation can be expected with changes in the policy bias against small farmers in Amazonia. (Abstract amended)