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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos.
Data corrente: | 26/04/2007
Data da última atualização: | 17/11/2022
Autoria: | WANDER, A. A.; MAGALHÃES, M. C.; LEDOVOTO, G. L.
Afiliação: | CNPC.
Título: | Economic impacts of new technologies: a case study of Embrapa.
Ano de publicação: | 2004
Fonte/Imprenta: | In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM-CUM-WORKSHOP IN LATIN AMERICA, 3., 2004, Recife. Globalization and poverty: the role of science; proceedings. Talca: Universidad de Talca, 2004. p. 91-100.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Abstract: Assessment of economic impacts of new technologies delivers very helpful information to justify investment efforts in research and development to generate new technologies. In Brazilian agricultural research and development, it's a convention to assess economic impacts of technologies generated and adapted by EMBRAPA. As soon as new technologies are adopted, ex-post assessment is conducted to evaluate net benefits of its adoption. Therefore, in a first step, the gain of adoption i.e. increases in productivity, quality improvements, cost reduction, etc. is estimated. In a second step, the costs involved in generation and adaptation of the technology are enumerated. The difference between the gains and the costs of generation and transfer represents the net benefit of the technology, explained by the benefit-cost-ratio and the internal rate of return. The so far obtained results serve as additional information for each technology to improve its adoption by beneficiaries and to enable access to new financing sources. One example of such technologies is the finishing of Iambs in confinement in the Brazilian semi-arid Northeast during the dry season, when feeding resources are scarce and the Iamb meat prices are high. The assessment of the economic impacts of this technology determined an internal rate of return of 32.0%, which is much higher than available alternatives of resource allocation.
Palavras-Chave: | Acabamento; Avaliação de impacto; Avaliação tecnológica; Brasil; Confinement; Embrapa; Fattening; Finishing (fattening); Impact assessment; Inovação tecnológica; Lamb; Technology assessment.
Thesagro: | Adoção de inovações; Confinamento; Cordeiro; Economia agrícola; Instituição agrícola; Instituição de pesquisa; Ovino; Pesquisa agrícola; Transferência de tecnologia.
Thesaurus Nal: | Agricultural economics; Agricultural research; Innovation adoption; Sheep; Technology transfer.
Categoria do assunto: | X Pesquisa, Tecnologia e Engenharia
Registro original: | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos (CNPC)
Exemplares: | CNPC - (19873-1) - UPC - AA - DD - 307.72 - I61g -  - DIS