Análise comparativa dos custos de produção entre soja transgênica e convencional: um estudo de caso para o Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul
The biotechnology reached the principal link of the soy complex, that is, the producers. The GMO soybean promotes the reduction of the necessary amount of herbicide and the cost of production. The objective of this study was to determine and compare the average costs incurred into the production of...
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Published in | Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural-RESR) Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 163 - 183 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Portuguese |
Published |
30.03.2007
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Edition | 1346 |
Series | Volume 45 Number 1 |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | The biotechnology reached the principal link of the soy complex,
that is, the producers. The GMO soybean promotes the reduction of the
necessary amount of herbicide and the cost of production. The objective of this study was to determine and compare the average costs incurred
into the production of conventional and the new technology for the South
Mato Grosso State of the harvest 2004/05, through primary data, obtained
for field research. In the present work it is presented the methodology
adopted for the formation of the data base and for the countable structure
properly said. Through the analysis of the data base it was possible to
observe that the cost of the GMO is approximately 14.8% less than the
conventional one. |
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DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.161369 |