02827nam a2200445 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024500900007826001940016852014260036265000270178865000260181565000240184165000100186565000240187565000280189965000170192765000130194465000230195765000280198065000300200865000100203865000230204865000330207165300150210465300270211965300290214665300110217565300160218665300120220265300140221465300260222865300220225465300280227665300090230465300260231370000220233970000200236115330872022-11-17       2004    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aWANDER, A. A.  aEconomic impacts of new technologiesba case study of Embrapa.h[electronic resource]  aIn: 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.c2004  aAbstract: 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.  aAgricultural economics  aAgricultural research  aInnovation adoption  aSheep  aTechnology transfer  aAdoção de inovações  aConfinamento  aCordeiro  aEconomia agrícola  aInstituição agrícola  aInstituição de pesquisa  aOvino  aPesquisa agrícola  aTransferência de tecnologia  aAcabamento  aAvaliação de impacto  aAvaliação tecnológica  aBrasil  aConfinement  aEmbrapa  aFattening  aFinishing (fattening)  aImpact assessment  aInovação tecnológica  aLamb  aTechnology assessment1 aMAGALHÃES, M. C.1 aLEDOVOTO, G. L.