This paper aims to identify the influence of several factors linked with the familiar farmer income, which can reinforce or not the basic idea of policy of incentive of the familiar agricultural implemented by Government since 1996. The profits were estimated based on OLS linear regression in...

This paper discusses the main effects of free trade agreements on the dairy sector in Brazil. A partial equilibrium model formulated as a Mixed Complementary Problem (MCP) is used to provide some numerical examples of changes (potential gain and losses) in terms of production, trade and welfare...

This paper discusses, based on an institutional perspective, the fragility pro­ blem regarding rural land property rights in Brazil. It starts by analyzing historical determinants of the land governance institutional setting, mainly the land registration and land cadastre systems. It shows...

The object of this study is the environmental park “Chico Mendes†located in Rio Branco - Acre. Being unique and all-enclosing in its nature it is a public asset. The contingent valuation makes possible the determination of the total economic value total of a public asset. The...