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The wide (un)sustainability ranges of agroexporting territories: Insights from Uruguay.

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TMTomás MilaniFBFederico BizzozeroNBNestor Mazzeo Beyhaut

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how agroexporting activities influence sustainability outcomes in Uruguay.
  • Analyzed extensive economic data regarding agricultural and export activities.
  • Evaluated compositional shifts in agricultural production and their sustainability impacts.
  • Large farms, accounting for <0.5% of farms, captured 28% of gross production value.
  • Sustainability outcomes were found to vary significantly based on sector occupation of export-oriented land.
  • Concentration of agricultural production notably impacts national sustainability trajectories.

Abstract

per USD, implying that compositional shifts toward higher economic output can produce substantial yet contrasting sustainability outcomes. Concentration was marked, with large farms (<0.5% of farms) capturing 28% of gross production value, mainly fueled by forestry and grains. Together, these results confirm that both the extent of territory exposed to global markets and the sectors occupying that space critically shape aggregated footprints. Which sectors occupy the export-oriented land and who captures value ultimately determine national trajectories, making outcomes contingent and politically contested.

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Milani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f6e5f38071d4f1bdfc69d8https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181828
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