A Cajucultura é uma exploração típica da região nordeste do Brasil e que gera significativos benefícios sócio-econômicos. Atualmente, este setor enfrenta uma grave crise, cuja principal causa e à baixa produtividade, que associada à instabilidade de preços, tem determinado à baixa rentabilidade dos cajucultores, acarretando o desestimulo a adoção de novas tecnologias e ocasionando a ociosidade das industrias de...
The processing of cashew nuts is a traditional activity in the Northeast Region of Brazil, with production chain formed by large and small factories, among which mini factories stand out. While previous studies analyzed the technical and social benefits of these production units, they did not consider the environmental impacts of cashew nut almonds. This work evaluated the water footprint profile and the carbon...
The use of plastic bags in the urban areas in Brazil and around the world has become a serious environmental problem for the public decision makers. This research investigates consumer's attitudes in supermakerts towards the plastic bags use in the city of Fortaleza/CE. the primary data were raised out in four supermarkets in different neighborhoods using a structure questionnare. The data were analyzad using m...
The municipality of Acaraú is the second largest shrimp production center in the state of Ceará, Brazil, and the third largest in the country. The occupation generates direct and indirect jobs for a large part of the population of the municipality, with great local socioeconomic relevance. Current paper analyzes economically shrimp-producing rural properties in the municipality of Acaraú CE Brazil. Primary data...
Considering the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Northeast in the last years, this study aims to analyze if such growth occurred in a way to reduce the income disparities between the municipalities of this region. For this, the hypothesis of -convergence, absolute and conditional, as well as -convergence was tested. The results showed that for the region as a whole, the municipalities have the ...
The environmental management in Brazil has relied increasingly in the economic based instruments for promoting the improvement of the environmental performance. In 2008, the state of Ceará adopted the Ecological ICMS, in which included the Urban Solid Waste Management as a criterion to transfer this tribute to municipalities, taken as basis the grades obtained by the municipality in the Environmental Quality In...
This article studies the technical efficiency and the total productivity of agricultural factors in the countries of Latin America and of Caribbean. For this, it was applied the stochastic production frontier approach and the Malmquist productivity index. The data used were the value of production and the quantity of agricultural inputs from the years 1991 to 2012. The results showed that all countries presente...
The process of erosion is increasingly affecting the beaches along the coast of the Ceará State, in the northeast of Brazil. During the last decade, the coastal erosion has caused negative economic impacts upon the users of the Icaraí Beach, an important tourist destination in the municipality of Caucaia-CE. In 2010, the City Hall built a contention work of the bagwall kind as a control measure, but the tide st...
This study aimed to evaluate the production performance, quantitative carcass characteristics, and economic viability of lambs of genetic group Pantaneiro finished under four production systems: 1) Stockpiled Brachiaria brizantha cv piatã pasture; 2) Consortium of sorghum intercropped with Brachiaria brizantha cv piatã; 3) Feedlot based on sorghum silage and 2% body weight energyprotein supplementation, 4) Feed...
The increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the Earth's atmosphere is pointed out as the main factor causing climate change. The agricultural sector plays a strategic role in policies to mitigate the effects of global warming, and this sector is the main emitter of GHG. To reduce GHG emissions, Brazil has been developing the Low Carbon Agriculture Program (ABC) with the objective of financing GH...