Climate and Cropping Patterns in Brazil

Climate and Cropping Patterns in Brazil

Mark D. Brusberg

Deputy Chief Meteorologist USDA Office of the Chief Economist / World Agricultural Outlook Board

Presented on Behalf of the

USDA 2016 Agricultural Outlook Forum:

Transforming Agriculture

February 26, 2016

Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

Part I: Climate

Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

Source: Perry-Casta?eda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)

Land Cover Classification

Source: UMD (Hansen, et.al.)

University of Maryland *Land Cover Classification

Roraima

Amapa

a ? Ceara b ? Rio Grande do Norte c ? Paraiba d ? Pernambuco e ? Alagoas f ? Sergipe h ? Espirito Santo i ? Rio de Janeiro

Amazonas

Acre

Rondonia

Para Mato Grosso

Maranhao Piaui

Tocantins

Bahia

a

b

c d

e f

Goias

Mato Grosso do Sul

Sao Paulo

Parana

Santa Catarina

Rio Grande do Sul

Minas Gerais

h

i

Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

*Coverage Date 1981-1994

Land Cover Classification

Source: UMD (Hansen, et.al.)

University of Maryland *Land Cover Classification

Humid Equatorial

Tropical

Semi-Arid Tropical

Humid Coastal

Humid Subtropical

Climate Regimes

Source: Atlas Geografico Escolar

Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

*Coverage Date 1981-1994

Land Cover Classification

University of Maryland *Land Cover Classification

Source: UMD (Hansen, et.al.)

Western Bahia

Rio Grande do Sul

Humid Equatorial

Semi-Arid Tropical

Bahia

Tropical

Humid Coastal

Humid Subtropical

Rio Grande do Sul

Climate Regimes

Source: Atlas Geografico Escolar

Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

*Coverage Date 1981-1994

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