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The Brazilian ethanol industry: an overview of its production, technology, location, land use, regulations, and futures prospects. Brazilian ethanol has been used as biofuel since the 1970s, and currently is replacing approximately 40% of the gasoline that would be otherwise consumed in the country. Domestic demand for Brazilian... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2011
Total factor productivity growth in agriculture: the role of technological capital. In this chapter we compute measures of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for developing countries and then contrast TFP growth with technological capital indexes. In developing these indexes, we... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2010
A Technology Acceptance Model of common bean growers' intention to adopt Integrated Production in the Brazilian Central Region. The Brazilian government encouraged the Integrated Production (IP) farming system adoption to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of intensive bean production in irrigated areas of the Brazili... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2017
An easily accessible technology to increase Brazil nut stand productivity: a case study in Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve. Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is central to many Amazonian protected area reserves and resident extractivist livelihoods therein. Extractivists tend to concentrate nut harvests on trails worked by... ... Repository: BDPA Publication year: 2014

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