The introduction of new technologies in agriculture can foster structural transformation by freeing workers who find … the legalization of genetically engineered soy in Brazil. Our results indicate that improvements in agricultural …

evidence on the forces that drive research and innovation in agriculture. This book aims to provides such evidence through … tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources, agricultural innovation is quickly becoming the most … universities, which, historically, have been a major source of agricultural innovation, increasingly dependent on funding from …

, paradoxical effects, providing short-term openness while stifling longer-term innovation. Implications for empirical evaluation …

country to country depending on which perquisites were present or absent. In the past twenty years, Brazilian agriculture … evolved from "backward" to an agricultural powerhouse. Its production and total factor productivity more than doubled. Brazil … is in the worlds' top five producers of coffee, soybeans, oranges, beef and corn. Yet, some segments of agriculture lag …