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Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Kuchler, Fred; Golan, Elise H.; Variyam, Jayachandran N.; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) (2005) June
Americans are increasingly overweight, with the number of obese adults and overweight children doubling between the late 1970s and early 2000s. Several studies of the health consequences of Americans’ weight gain indicate that health care costs and the number of premature deaths...
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Gripe Aviária no Brasil: uma análise econômica de equilíbrio geral
Fachinello, Arlei Luiz; Filho, Ferreira; Souza, Joaquim … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 3
O vírus da influenza aviária H5N1 tem se disseminado rapidamente por diversos países e continentes nos últimos anos, podendo também chegar ao Brasil. A ausência e a necessidade de estimativas dos efeitos econômicos que surtos da doença podem provocar sobre o setor avícola brasileiro...
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A Dinâmica da Agricultura Francesa: inovação, transformação e identidade social
Massuquetti, Angélica - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 2
This paper examines the French agricultural modernization process based on the evaluation of economists, social and political scientists, involving especially the debate of the contemporary social science and rural economics. The objective is to understand its dynamics by the relationship...
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Benefícios sociais da política de incentivos à cultura de mamão no Estado do Ceará
Quintino, Heliana Mary da Silva; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 1
This study analyzes social benefits created by Ceará government incentives to papaya producers from 2001 to 2006. As theoretical basis, it was considered an approach of the economic surplus of Marshall and simultaneous equations model. Results indicate that the supply price-elasticity of papaya...
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Formas plurais de governança no sistema agroindustrial citrícola paulista
Mello, Fabiana Ortiz T.; Paulillo, Luiz Fernando Oriani - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 1
The citrus agroindustrial system is a very interesting example of the interaction of different forms of governance. The same producer manages his orange sales to the market agents in different ways: this situation is called plural forms or contractual mix. On sales to purchasers that sell the...
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Análise dos determinantes do endividamento das empresas de capital aberto do agronegócio brasileiro
Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Lima, Joao Eustaquio de; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 1
leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajan and Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … there were selected 26 companies that are classified in one of three subdivisions of the Brazilian agribusiness sector: a … statiscally significant as determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilian agribusiness companies. It is also possible to …
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Importância dos Setores Agroindustriais na Geração de Renda e Emprego para a Economia Brasileira
Costa, Cinthia Cabral da; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 51 (2013) 4
Measures to stimulate the demand for some manufacturing products have been carried out by the Brazilian government. However, the country is admittedly competitive in its agricultural production and policies to encourage its demand have not been established in the same magnitude as those of...
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Pacta Sunt Servanda Versus the Social Role of Contracts: the case of Brazilian agriculture contracts
Rezende, Christiane Leles; Zylbersztajn, Decio - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 50 (2012) 3
Este estudo explora a instabilidade criada por decisões jurídicas contraditórias relacionadas às quebras contratuais. O mercado a termo representa uma importante fonte de recursos para o financiamento da agricultura Brasileira, no entanto, durante um período de aumento de preços da saca de...
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Estrutura Exportadora do Agronegócio e Impactos Socioeconômicos para os Países do Cone Sul
Rubin, Luciane; Waquil, Paulo - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 51 (2013) 1
agribusiness and the sophistication revealed of exports baskets of agribusiness products to the Southern Cone countries and the … sophisticated exports of the products of agribusiness of Southern Cone countries, the greater the effects of income growth and the … multiplier effect (spillovers) for the economies of countries. However, ceteris paribus, to export agribusiness products …
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A construção do mercado para o café em Alto Paraíso de Goiás
Campos, Jurema Iara; Valente, Ana Lúcia Eduardo Farah - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 1
This work presents main results of how inhabitants of Alto Paraíso de Goias are seeking alternatives to sustainable development through the implantation, by Embrapa, of a project about the rescue of coffee. Mining and farming activities were developed in the region until its main activity...
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