UMA REVISITA AO TEMA DAS FUNÇÕES DA AGRICULTURA NO PROCESSO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO

O trabalho tem como objetivo discutir as funções da agricultura no processo de desenvolvimento econômico do país. São relembrados textos clássicos que discutem esta questão como os de Jonhston & Mellor, Hayami & Ruttan, Schultz, De Janvry e são introduzidas questões contemporâneas acerca dos papéis da agricultura no processo de desenvolvimento.---------------------------------------------The paper aims to discuss the roles of Agricultural in the development process of a country. Some classical texts are remembered as Jonhston & Mellor, Hayami & Ruttan, Schultz, De Janvry besides this some contemporaneous questions about the development are also put in discussion.International Development,

UMA REVISITA AO TEMA DAS FUNÇÕES DA AGRICULTURA NO PROCESSO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO

O trabalho tem como objetivo discutir as funções da agricultura no processo de desenvolvimento econômico do país. São relembrados textos clássicos que discutem esta questão como os de Jonhston & Mellor, Hayami & Ruttan, Schultz, De Janvry e são introduzidas questões contemporâneas acerca dos papéis da agricultura no processo de desenvolvimento.---------------------------------------------The paper aims to discuss the roles of Agricultural in the development process of a country. Some classical texts are remembered as Jonhston & Mellor, Hayami & Ruttan, Schultz, De Janvry besides this some contemporaneous questions about the development are also put in discussion

Uma análise da inovação na agroindústria no Brasil

This paper seeks to identify the major factors behind the innovation process of firms in the food and beverage sector. On the microeconomic incentives to innovate, our results show that larger firms, higher schooling and higher R&D expenditures increase the probability that firms will innovate. In addition, our results show that innovation is essential for food and beverage firms to meet the domestic demand, including the upper segment of the consumer market and also the bottom one. At last, our results indicate that the domestic consumer was a key factor behind food and beverage firms’ incentives to innovate in the 1998-2000 period

Evolução e desempenho da política de contratos de opção de venda para mercados agrícolas

From the 1990s, in face of the smaller participation of the government in the economy and, consequently, in the agricultural sector, the government policy has carried out, as alternative, new support forms to the agriculture, with reduction of public resources. With regarding to the agricultural marketing, more modern instruments have been designed, involving the private sector, among them, the Sell Option Contracts, set up under the form of an insurance of prices for the farmers. In this study, it is analyzed the performance of that instrument for the wheat, rice and corn markets. It was detected, for all those markets, sensitive reduction of the government's participation in the agricultural marketing through the traditional instruments, in favor of actions that shrink the public expenses. The Sell Option Contracts are still very restricted both in terms of marketed amount and in terms of regional allocation. It was also verified that the releases are not systematic and continuous, what hinders conclusions regarding its effectiveness as mechanism of price stabilization, production and income