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The irrigation programs started in the late 60’s were chiefly responsible for the impressive development occurred in the Petrolina/Juazeiro areas. Along with irrigation, came some agricultural enterprises that had been previously dedicated to other economic activities such as extensive cattle...
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-ability indicators such as gross profit, operational profit and profitability index were determined. The technologies of weed control …
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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 …. The results indicated that the variables tangibility of assets, growth opportunities, size and profitability were …
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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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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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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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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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to generate maximum profitability. The adoption of step pricing attests that higher profits can be obtained for targeted …
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This study measures levels of technical, allocative and economic efficiency in agricultural crop production for Brazil in 1995. A nonparametric frontier model (DEA) under constant returns to scale was used. On average, the results suggest that the sector suffers from moderate technical...
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governance in agribusiness. The authors argue that there are three fundamental levels of analysis: (i) the basic structure of the … understanding of the complex relationships among agribusiness segments. In doing so, the paper seeks to minimize costs and to enable …
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