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Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantif...


Smith, J.Cadavid Herrera, JVRincón Castillo, A.Vera, Raúl R.[Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna]Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna

The paper reviews trends in land use change in the tropics and subtropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, and their relation to the evolution of the cattle industry in the region. It is posited that horizontal expansion is nearly finished, and that cattle sector, and the grasslands that suppo...


Vera, Raúl R.Rivas Ríos, Libardo[Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics]Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics

Vera, Raúl R.[CIAT's research on natural resource management in the tropical lowlands of Latin America]CIAT's research on natural resource management in the tropical lowlands of Latin America

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