Dentre os produtos agrícolas exportados pelo Brasil, o café mantém seu destaque. Esta cultura é representativa para o saldo positivo da balança comercial brasileira e também na geração de empregos, principalmente os diretos, os quais contribuem significativamente com a fixação do...

This paper has sought to evaluate the economical efficiency in the use of productive resources in the coffee production in the south region of the state of Minas Gerais. Economical efficiency was estimated through a production frontier function using a sample of 43 coffee producers. The average...

The aim of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect impacts of sugarcane expansion on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from 2001 to 2008. The analysis is based on the multi-output production theory where the annual agricultural acreage represents the Production Possibility...