some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on …

Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several important ways. In this chapter … innovations that reduce the susceptibility of agricultural production to these uncontrolled factors. These features of agriculture …. Informal innovation and technical discovery processes characterized agriculture from its beginnings some 10,000 years ago …

of agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) change and its components (technical change and technical efficiency … productivity grew at a modest rate of 0.03%, mainly powered by technological progress at 0.03% and a negligible decline in … either progress or regress in productivity performance over time. Investments in research and development (R&D), agricultural …

measure of capital in agriculture absent from most studies. The authors employ a heterogeneous technology framework where … augmenting the role of capital, in combination with productivity gains, as a driver of agricultural growth. The results indicate … that total factor productivity increased at an average rate of 3.2 percent, accounting for 59 percent of overall growth …