02664naa a2200337 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024500860007826000090016430000200017349000090019352015480020265000200175065000300177065000120180065000300181265000120184265000260185465300290188065300220190965300140193165300230194565300150196865300220198365300190200565300210202470000230204570000190206877302390208715526951997-04-15       1995    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aVELOSO, R. F.  aEconomic an financial performance evaluation of a farm in the Brazilian savannas.  c1995  ap.177-190. v.1.  vv.1.  aThe Brazilian savannas (cerrados) represent one of the last major agricultural frontiers in the southem hemisphere. The Japaneses government has been interested in promoting the rational development of this region through pilot projects with full support of the Brazilian government and selected agricultural producers organized in cooperatives. Some farm management and system research tools have been proposed to provide new instruments for planning sustainable development in environment, economic and social terms for the cerrados. Before formulating a mathematical model for the agricultural production process of the cerrados, under given environmental, social economic and political constraints, a data base  contraining current financial and economic performance parameters of an established farming system, together with some qualitative information on job creation and essential infrastructure, is being developed. The major objective is to develop a framework for ex-ante evaluation of integrated regional planning schemes based on evaluation of real-world data. This evaluation effort is in progress and is generating farm management information that will be used to develop a comprehensive farming sytem model. Other institutions in Latin America such as CIAT in Colombia and the 'Universidade de Uberlandia - Minas Gerais State' have shown interest in this modelling approach, and a cooperative effort could be established in the near future to develop new instruments to support policy markers in agricultural and rural sectors.  afarm management  aAdministração Agrícola  aCerrado  aDesenvolvimento Agrícola  aFazenda  aPlanejamento Regional  aAgricultural development  aAspecto economico  aAvaliacao  aEconomic situation  aEvaluation  aRegional planning  aSustainability  aSustentabilidade1 aCARVALHO, E. R. O.1 aGOULART, A. M.  tIn: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEMS APPROACHES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, 2., 1995, Los Banos, Philippines. Proceedings: application of systems approaches at the farm and regional levels. Los Banos: IRRI/Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997.