This paper concerns the economic assessment of a nonconventional technology to provide a cheap food and/or feed for many developing countries, using wasted resources, i.e. coastal arid areas irrigated directly with seawater to grow a halophyte crop(Salicornia-sos-7). It was cultivated for two...

Development is a human problem and is aimed at changing man and his economic, social, ecological environment. Throughout history, man has acquired new knowledge to shape his future. As human needs multiplied and became more complex, science and technology – processes of systematic inquiry for...

Agricultural technology adoption is often a sequential process. Farmers may adopt a new technology in part of their land first and then adjust in later years based on what they learn from the earlier partial adoption. This paper presents a dynamic adoption model with Bayesian learning, in which...

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Com o objetivo de solucionar os problemas enfrentados pelos cafeicultores brasileiros em diversas regiões cafeeiras, foi implantado o Consórcio Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Café (CBP&D-Café), que tem como finalidade o desenvolvimento dos trabalhos de pesquisa agropecuária, em...