In the recent years we have observed a strong movement to provide alternatives for innovative economic development, to considerproblems relating to poverty and income generation. The study of the productive chain of fruits in the northern region of the state ofEspirito Santo, Brazil, seeks to...

The purpose of the paper was to study if the dynamics of the Brazilian cattle stocks can be better explained by systemic endogenous factors or either by exogenous changes on beef demand. The conclusion, as proposed by the theory of the cattle cycle, was that systemic factors related to the...