The agricultural frontier is expanding in the direction of Brazilian Cerrado (about 22% of the country surface), mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. This study intends to do a regional economic analysis and calculate indicators that can measure the dynamics of productive...

The agricultural frontier expanded through the Brazilian Cerrado, mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. Livestock production growth is shown in the regions of the Midwest, Matopiba (in the northeastern Cerrado) and Amazon border. It aims to present a diagnosis of this...

This paper debates on modernization of Brazilian agriculture, presents the construction process of the sector's national innovation system and the role of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), as well as shows Brazil's competitive insertion in the international market of...

This study aims to analyze the technological differences in agricultural production between the municipalities in the semiarid and non-semiarid regions of Brazil's Northeast. It uses the technological meta-frontier model proposed by Battese, Rao e O'Donnell (2004), and O'Donnell, Rao e Battese...

This paper debates on modernization of Brazilian agriculture, presents the construction process of the sector's national innovation system and the role of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), as well as shows Brazil's competitive insertion in the international market of...

Brazilian agriculture has undergone a process of transformation in recent decades, being featured on the world agricultural production at both the production and productivity. The United States are characterized as highlighted in the agricultural world, therefore, is a reference for comparison...

The agricultural frontier expanded through the Brazilian Cerrado, mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. Livestock production growth is shown in the regions of the Midwest, Matopiba (in the northeastern Cerrado) and Amazon border. It aims to present a diagnosis of this...

The agricultural frontier is expanding in the direction of Brazilian Cerrado (about 22% of the country surface), mainly due to the intensive use of knowledge and technology. This study intends to do a regional economic analysis and calculate indicators that can measure the dynamics of productive...

This study aims to analyze the technological differences in agricultural production between the municipalities in the semiarid and non-semiarid regions of Brazil's Northeast. It uses the technological meta-frontier model proposed by Battese, Rao e O'Donnell (2004), and O'Donnell, Rao e Battese...