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The main objective in this study is to analyze the sources of growth of Brazilian exports of soybeans, maize, sugar, wheat, orange, cotton, coffee and meat (beef, pork and poultry) during 1992 to 2013. The methodological procedures involved the application of Constant Market Share model to...
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This study aims to analyze the technological differences in agricultural production between the municipalities in the semiarid and non-semiarid regions of Brazil's Northeast. It uses the technological meta-frontier model proposed by Battese, Rao e O'Donnell (2004), and O'Donnell, Rao e Battese...
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Brazil continues as one of the largest producers of beef, pork and chicken. In terms of fish production, the performance is lower than expected, presenting low insertion in the domestic and international markets. Since 2004, national aquaculture production (particularly Tilapia) has grown 14.2%...
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The urban population growth in developing countries, the middle class expansion and the increase in per capita income have increased the demand for food. This work aims to identify, from the Constant Market Share (CMS) method, the sources of growth of agricultural exports among the main...
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This article makes an evaluation of the history, structure and financing of the Brazilian agricultural research, evaluating the transfers from the Federal Government to Embrapa and, mainly, the values to CT-Agro, the sectorial fund created to promoting R&D activities related to this sector. The...
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It seeks to verify which policies promoted the cultivation of Brazilian wheat from the 1970s onwards, and whether such actions resulted in an increase in national production. Although wheat is the main winter crop produced in the country, its cultivation is mostly located in the South and Brazil...
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The aim is to verify whether wheat production has expanded to other regions, in addition to the South, in order to make the country self-sufficient in the supply of the product. Although wheat is the second most produced cereal in the world, its production is unevenly distributed regionally. In...
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the consolidation of a Low-Carbon Economy in Agriculture (ABC Plan). The actions of the ABC Plan sought to recover … productive issue and for low carbon agriculture in Brazil. In terms of mitigation, it is necessary to increse investments in the … agriculture is increasingly focused on environmental sustainability and the development of low-carbon technologies, which are …
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Brazilian agriculture is a technological innovation success case, explained, among other factors, by the dynamics built …
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