The paper strives to analyze the macroeconomic aspects related to agriculture and conjectural changes in recent years. In particular we analyze on the relationship between rural credit and sector performance characterizing some innovations of the period. With respect to family farming, the...

In 2022, international mineral fertilizer prices reached high levels, which caused concern in the agricultural market. In this context, the present study analyzed the behavior of the mineral fertilizer market in Brazilian agricultural production. Using the SVAR model, the relationship between...

This work aimed to synthetize information regarding beef, pork and broiler production in Brazil, as well as the role of Brazil in the international market. This study was developed within a partnership between The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) and The Institute...

This research aimed to analyze the mechanisms of social organization and collective action around projects associative of solidarity economy and territorial development. For this, the empirical element analysis will be the Beekeepers Association of the Region of Alto Turi Maranhense (Turimel),...

The main objective in this study is to analyze the sources of growth of Brazilian exports of soybeans, maize, sugar, wheat, orange, cotton, coffee and meat (beef, pork and poultry) during 1992 to 2013. The methodological procedures involved the application of Constant Market Share model to...

Agricultural insurance is of great importance to agriculture of a country in terms of its role for farmers rent. Moreover, the fact that the crop insurance represent only 0.4% of the amount of the insurance market in Brazil indicates a large space to grow. Such markets, including...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the regional impacts of the National Family Farming Program (PRONAF in the Portuguese acronym) between 2000 and 2010, using the econometric instrumental panel data models with fixed effects. The approach combined impact assessments at various regional scales...