A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DAS UNIVERSIDADES PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA AGRICULTURA NO BRASIL

Erly Cardoso Teixeira, Felippe Clemente and Marcelo Braga

Revista de Economia e Agronegócio / Brazilian Review of Economics and Agribusiness, 2013, vol. 11, issue 01, 22

Abstract: The universities main contributions to the development of Brazilian agribusiness are human capital formation and technology generation. High-quality professionals trained in universities are allocated to research, teaching, extension and as managers in the various links of the agribusiness chains. The research carried out by universities via doctoral dissertations and masters promoted technological changes of great significance for the development of agribusiness. More than 7800 theses from the graduate programs in agrarian science were defended in the period of 2007-09.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.164100

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