부산대학교 도서관

We examine country-level data for agricultural inputs and outputs for Latin America. We examine data demonstrating a steeply increasing use of resources for agriculture and contrast this with the modest increases in output. We analyse the connection between these processes and a measure of rural population density, and finally discuss the agricultural dominance of Brazil and Mexico in the region. We conclude that the evidence continues to point to both Malthusian and Boserupian processes at work simultaneously in the region, and that global demographic, political and economic factors are increasing in importance relative to local population production and demand.