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Rural employment trends in Brazil: an analysis using dynamic panel models
Paulo, Evânio Mascarenhas; Tabosa, Francisco José Silva; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Rocha, Leonardo AndradeThis article considers certain dimensions of the quality of employment in Brazil, particularly in rural zones. It starts from the perception of changes in rural production relations and the repercussions these have on employment practices. A panel data methodology is applied to capture the determinants of job quality, and a quality of employment index is proposed. Rural employment is more precarious than its ur...
Desertificação na região dos Inhamuns: uma análise a partir de indicadores de p...
Caetano, Francisco Aquiles de Oliveira; Lima, Patrícia Verônica Pinheiro Sales; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Mendes, Carlos MagnoIn the state of Ceará, there are three desertification Nuclei or Desertification Areas - NDA, located on the “Sertões de Irauçuba and Centro-Norte”, “Sertões dos Inhamuns” and “Sertões do Médio Jaguaribe”. These areas are the focus of strategies aimed to revert this phenomenon, with one of the most relevant being the elaboration of the State Action Program to Combat Desertification and Mitigation of the Effects...
Implicações socioambientais e ações de responsabilidade socioambiental da indús...
Alves, Christiane Luci Bezerra; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Lima, Patrícia Verônica Pinheiro SalesThis paper proposes a study of the ceramics sector of the Cariri Metropolitan Region (RM Cariri) - CE (Brazil), through the characterization of the segment in question, with special emphasis on the identification of the socio-environmental links established and the socio environmental responsibility actions undertaken. The sector under analysis is known to have a high negative environmental impact; the main sou...
Indicadores de desenvolvimento rural e sua relação com as políticas públicas da...
Ferreira, Francisco Diego Guedes; Sousa, Eliane Pinheiro de; Siqueira, Rogério Moreira de; Khan, Ahmad SaeedEste estudo mensura o índice de desenvolvimento rural (IDR) para as 137 mesorregiões brasileiras, mediante o método de índices parciais, em que se consideram os indicadores populacional (IPOP), bem-estar social (IBES), econômico (IDE), ambiental (IMA) e apropriação tecnológica (IAPT), e relaciona o IDR com o valor médio dos contratos do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) e do P...
Fruticultura: uma alternativa de desenvolvimento da região sudeste da Bahia
Araújo, Antônio Carlos de; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Silva, Lúcia Maria RamosA agroindústria de polpa de frutas tem sido apontada como uma alternativa de recuperação da economia da região produtora de cacau na Bahia, sendo necessária, contudo, a elaboração de estudos que permitam dimensionar escalas de produção e determinar a viabilidade financeira desse segmento agroindustrial. Os dados utilizados são de origem primária, obtidos através de entrevistas diretas, com produtores de quatro ...
Fatores determinantes do nível tecnológico dos produtores de maracujá no extrem...
Araújo, Antônio Carlos de; Silva, Lúcia Maria Ramos; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Araújo, Leonardo Ventura deBahia state is the largest producer of passion fruit in Brazil with an output equivalent to 34.6% of the total production of the country. In the extreme south of Bahia, the crop is expanding with the potential to generate employment and income, besides contributing to the diversification of the region whose economy is still undermined by the cacao crisis. Furthermore, this region is favored mainly by its locati...
Evolução do valor da produção da borracha natural e dos fatores responsáveis pe...
Araújo, Antônio Carlos de; Silva, Lúcia Maria Ramos; Virgens Filho, Adonias de Castro; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; Araújo, Leonardo Ventura deThis study aimed to analyze the behavior of the value of natural rubber production in the Bahia State and the effects that influence the formation of this value. In this study, a modified version of the shift-share model, also known as “gap-structural” was used to decompose the value of production in the effects area, yield and price. The analyzed data are of secondary origin. The results indicated that the are...
O impacto do PRONAF sobre a sustentabilidade agrícola de agricultores familiare...
Passos, Ana Tereza Bittencourt; Khan, Ahmad SaeedThe study aims to evaluate the impact of PRONAF on agricultural sustainability of family farming through propensity score matching. The data were obtained by interviewing beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the program. The results show that paired beneficiaries have higher agricultural sustainability as compared to non-beneficiaries. However, PRONAF has positive impacts on economic and social management of ...
O impacto da posse da terra do agricultor familiar sobre o acesso ao crédito rural
Dias, Thyena Karen Magalhães; Silva, Vitor Hugo Miro Couto; Costa, Edward Martins; Khan, Ahmad SaeedInvestment in the rural resources sector was destined costing, investment and commercialization, being the main instrument of the Brazilian agricultural policy. However, the absence of well-defined land ownership rights is a credit constraint, as this asset is used as collateral. This restriction is even more severe for small farmers who, in Brazil, have the National Program for the Strengthening Family Farming...
Biomass conversion program in Brazil
Carioca, José Osvaldo Beserra; Arora, Harbans Lal; Khan, Ahmad SaeedBrazil has based its economic development largely on imported petroleum and petroleum based technologies. The high hike in the price of this fossil fuel and uncertainties in its availability have forced the country to search for alternative fuels and chemicals for substitution of petroleum derivatives. The return to the traditional use of biomass as fuel, but employing more efficient processes and technologies ...