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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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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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The objective of this study was to assess the economic return from R&D investments in the citrus sector in São Paulo state, Brazil. Brazilaccounts for 80% of the total frozen concentrate orange juice (FCOJ) traded in the international market, and São Paulo state is responsible for 98% of...
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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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In the discussion of agrarian reform in Brazil, a central concern is the competitiveness of farms on land settlements. This comparative study between milk producers on land settlement schemes and outside aims to enhance understanding of the settlers’ technical and economical potential. The...
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identified as less efficient. The low efficiency of institutions increase transaction costs of contractual governances, which can … industry: (1) improvement in market efficiency, system with lower transaction costs, (2) reduction of transaction costs for … adopted, Brazilian cassava starch industry continues to adopt low transaction costs, but with weak efficiency. …
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Agricultural production has major effects on the environment; the environment, in turn, affects farming. Despite the importance of the environment, the form of current production is treated as unsustainable and derogatory. In this sense, we have evaluated the importance of this on agricultural...
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fruit production is the dominant production. Therefore, this study analyzes technical efficiency of agricultural enterprises … significant efficiency scores. The comparative analysis among main irrigation areas shows that most of the efficient firms are …
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The present paper analyzes the scale and the technical efficiency of the agricultural cooperatives in the Paraná state …, and identifies the factors that are related with their efficiency. The methodology is based on Data Envelopment Analysis … small ones. The main factors that influence the efficiency are own capital (equity) and smaller payment periods. In …
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This study tests the relative efficiency hypothesis of future and spot sugar markets for two forecast horizons, as … methodology for analyzing the relative efficiency in the sugar markets, as opposed to arbitrage hypothesis, and generate weak …
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