The international seminar will take place on 12 - 13 March 2014 at the auditorium of the Central Library of the Federal University of Viçosa, in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The simultaneous interpretation services (english-portuguese and portuguese-english) will be available for the participants during the seminar.

The main purpose of this event is discuss large-scale aspects of sustainable agriculture in Brazil, including:

• Global food demands;
• Food security;
• Climate change effects on agriculture;
• Greenhouse gases emissions by agricultural activities;
• Expansion of the agricultural frontier;
• Feedbacks between agricultural expansion and the regional climate.

Summary of the I Seminar on Large-Scale Sustainable Agriculture (SAGE I)

Synthesis of the I Seminar on Large-Scale Sustainable Agriculture (SAGE I)

The seminar presentations are available for download on the links below .