The Tilápia’s production has detached like a activity wich confer chances for famlily’s producers of semi-árida region, with a pro-duction of ï¬shes in dams, wells and lakes, basic for surviver of commu-nities and producers, of semi-árida region. The general objective this paper was...

The objective of this paper was to construct a competitive per-formance index (CPI) for the fruit’s pulp ï¬rms of State of Pará. A factor analysis and multiple regression models were used to estimate the CPI. Out the 27 ï¬rms analyzed, the results showed that only one ï¬rm presen-ted a...

Since the middle of the 90’s, rice has been one of the main agricultural products imported by Brazil, particularly from Uruguay and Argentina, which very often raises concerns to Brazilian rice producers. This paper aims to analyze the factors that determine the Brazilian rice imports,...

Several states and Brazilian countries already have adopted investment programs to the local productive arrangements (LPA’s) that involves by micro, small and median companies. However, most of the studies on LPA’s has given little attention to the local productive arran-gements of...

The process of tecnology adoption in agriculture is fundamentally important for increasing productivity and improving the quality of agricultural products. The objective of this study is to evaluate the factors that determine the technological adoption of post-harvest coffee employed in Viçosa...

This paper analyzes the basis behavior for arabica coffee, aiming to help the design of hedging strategies. It was verified that there are opportunities for both short and long hedging, but the opportunities for long hedging are fewer and less profitable than for short hedging. Besides, the...

Based on the Industrial Economics theory, this study aimed to analyze the soybean processing industry structure, corporate conduct and performance in Brazil. Considering the relevant market of soybean processing industry, it was analyzed the concentration index of soybean processors with sales...

In 2011, 570 million reais were estimated to be used in the Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy (PSR), but only 253.4 million reais was allocated to the Program. In spite of this fact, it was possible to insure 5.6 million hectares with a liability of 7.3 billion reais. In this context, what should...

The present article intend to present a criterion for implantation of technologies destined to desalinated the drinking waters reser- voirs that provide the cities of the state of Ceará affected by high levels of salt. Considering the hypothesis, demonstrated in this article, that there is a...