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 inRevista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (RESR) Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 163 - 183
Main Authors Menegatti, Ana Laura Angeli, Mendonça de Barros, Alexandre Lahóz
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published 01.01.2007
Edition2541
Subjects
comparation
Conventional
cost of production
Crop Production/Industries
GMO
Production Economics
soybean
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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.
ISSN:1806-9479
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.341782