This study aims to investigate the level of implicit productivity associated with exports of each product of agribusiness and the sophistication revealed of exports baskets of agribusiness products to the Southern Cone countries and the multiplier effects on the generation of agricultural...

This study aims to measure the effects of an agreement betwe-en Mercosur and the European Union (EU) on production, consumption and trade flows of rice, maize, soybeans and wheat in several regions. To estimate the effects of this agreement we used a spatial allo-cation model presented as a...

This paper develops the formulation of a spatial equilibrium model with intermediate products. The presence of intermediate products brings a better representation of the real world, accounting for the technological relationships among commodities in the several stages of production. Instead of...

This study analyses the relationships between rural poverty and environmental degradation in Machadinho and Maximiliano de Almeida, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A database was formed based on 48 interviews with small farmers, including several environmental and socioeconomic...

Este artigo tem a intenção de analisar contratos da suinocultura sob a óptica da NovaEconomia Institucional. O referencial teórico adotado foi a NEI, que fornece os conceitos dosatributos das transações que foram observados nos contratos. Como metodologia, foramanalisados contratos...

A variety of contracts between wineries and grape growers are observed in Brazil. This study addresses the concept of coordination of food chains, particularly the stability of contractual relationships. A qualitative analysis of industry-farmers contracts is presented, followed by a...

The limited resources for agricultural research and the need for a better knowledge about the ways that technologies change agribusiness competitiveness and its social and natural environment, demand its impacts assessment. The aim of this study was to realize economic, environmental, social and...

Os recursos limitados para a pesquisa agropecuária e a necessidade de conhecer de que forma as tecnologias alteram a competitividade das cadeias produtivas, seu entorno social e o meio ambiente exigem que sejam implementados processos de avaliação de impacto. O presente estudo teve por...