New evidence challenges the notion that soy monocultures promote local development in the Brazilian Cerrado
Cover Photo: Traditional family house in the Brazilian Cerrado. Photo by Thiago Foresti. By Tiago Reis (ESR 10) with contributions from Mairon G. Bastos Lima A new scientific study in the journal World Development brings systematic evidence of the negative impacts of global demand for soy on the Brazilian savannahs of the Cerrado. It shows…