Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177512 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2296
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
Population growth and greater social pressure in relation to sustainability will require greater agricultural production with less environmental impact. This research aims to evaluate the process of technological innovation and integrated systems of sustainable production. The multi-case study was based on semi-structured interviews with managers and owners of five rural enterprises in Mato Grosso that implemented the integrated crop-livestock-forest system (ILFS). The research pointed out that the adoption of this system is motivated mainly by the search for productivity increase and the recovery of degraded soils. The results indicate an increase in grain productivity and beef and improvement of soil structure in integrated systems when compared to non-integrated systems of agricultural production practiced previously in the enterprises surveyed. Although integrated systems have favorable results for production and the environment, they point to limitations in their adoption and diffusion. Part of the problems are associated with the difficulty of attracting financing resources and the lack of adequate planning and control of integrated production projects, indicating the need for management innovation as well as more effective public policies.
Subjects: 
development
sustainability
productive integration
innovation
JEL: 
O32
L23
Q18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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