Eficiência produtiva e pobreza rural no nordeste brasileiro

This study aims to analyze the technological differences in agricultural production between the municipalities in the semiarid and non-semiarid regions of Brazil´s Northeast. It uses the technological meta-frontier model proposed by Battese, Rao e O’Donnell (2004), and O’Donnell, Rao e Battese (2008...

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Authors: Silva, Felipe Pinto da, Araujo, Jair Andrade de, Costa, Edward Martins, Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/26863
Online Access:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/26863
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Agricultura
Tecnologia
Semiárido nordestino
Metafronteira de produção
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Summary:This study aims to analyze the technological differences in agricultural production between the municipalities in the semiarid and non-semiarid regions of Brazil´s Northeast. It uses the technological meta-frontier model proposed by Battese, Rao e O’Donnell (2004), and O’Donnell, Rao e Battese (2008), for responding to what extent these regional differences influence the efficiency of production and what is its impact on municipalities. It was observed the hypothesis that municipalities belonging to the semiarid and non-semiarid have different production opportunities. The results indicated that when compared the two regions, the non-semiarid region has the highest average technical efficiency with reference to meta-frontier.