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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH:THE QUEST FOR A S&T NATIONAL POLICY.
Revista Produção Online, 2007 This work presents the process of the Brazilian scientific-technological community building, having as backstage the political context and the technology based industries generation efforts.
Márcio da Silveira Luz +1 more
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Agglomeration externalities and 1981-2006 regional growth in Brazil [PDF]
, 2012 This paper focuses on manufacturing employment growth across the 26 states of Brazil. We employ the Glaeser et al. (1992) approach to identify the role played by knowledge externalities in growth and convergence.
Holmes, Mark J. +3 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha, 2020 This article presents an overview of the environmental history of the Brazilian Cerrado, its environmental characteristics and the processes related to the historical change in the landscapes of this endangered ecosystem. It highlights competing classifications of the Cerrado, the role of politics in establishing them, and the environmental ...
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Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli +3 more
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Journal of Digital Social Research, 2023 The article discusses the multiple forms of expertise articulated by a specific kind of digital influencer - online science communicators - during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
Carlos d'Andréa, Verônica Costa
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Political Shaping Of Transitions To Biofuels In Europe, Brazil And The USA [PDF]
, 2010 Faced with major challenges of global climate change, declining fossil fuel reserves, and competition between alternative uses of land, the transition to renewable transport fuels has been marked by new modes of political economic governance and the ...
Harvey, M, McMeekin, A
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Diasporic and Local Mainstream Media as a Tool for Intercultural Integration? The Case of Latin American Communities in Italy [PDF]
, 2017 In Italy, communication research on the impact of media on immigrants’ integration dynamics has up until now privileged the sphere of national mainstream media.
LOPES FERREIRA CASCAO, Suzana
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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