02416naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000250006024501160008526000090020152016680021065000300187865000230190865000190193165000330195070000140198377302370199720846192018-01-09       2018    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMARTHA JUNIOR, G. B.  aThe role and impact of public research and technology transfer in brazilian agriculture.h[electronic resource]  c2018  aThe public sector played a pivotal role in transforming a traditional agriculture in Brazil into a modern one by leading the agricultural research and development (R&D) network in the country and by providing the majority of funds to R&D activities. The spillover effects arising from agricultural R&D were not restricted to the primary sector. A vibrant agricultural sector creates sizable markets for industrial and service sectors if they can deliver quality products at competitive prices. More broadly, the success of this science-based agriculture in Brazil provided the means for ample improvements in food and nutritional security; expanded opportunities for employment and income generation in agricultural (and associated) value chains; a more positive balance of trade; and a substantial attenuation of inflationary pressures. In the coming decades, the value of Brazilian agriculture to society will eventually be even bigger, as the so-called bio-economy gets strengthened. However, it is imperative to encourage a more intense engagement of the private sector in agricultural R&D activities in Brazil. Successful technological scaling-up will depend upon multi-stakeholder approaches. Knowledge exchange, capacity development and strengthening, technology transfer, extension services, and well-functioning input and market chains, to minimize detrimental effects of market imperfections on technology adoption, are key components to foster the adoption of technologies. In particular, a more widespread and inclusiveness technological adoption in Brazilian agriculture will depend on successful approaches to minimize market imperfections' effects.  aDesenvolvimento Agrícola  aPesquisa agrícola  aSetor público  aTransferência de tecnologia1 aALVES, E.  tIn: KALAITZANDONAKES, N.; CARAYANNIS, E.G.; GRIGOROUDIS, E.; ROZAKIS, S. (Ed.). From agriscience to agribusiness: theories, policies and practices in technology transfer and commercialization. Washington: Springer, 2018. p. 429-444.