FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil

• Grant number: 12/51209-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Agrarian and Natural Resource Economics
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Chibebe Nicolella
• Grantee: Alexandre Chibebe Nicolella
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto (FEARP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/10777-5 - FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, BP.IC; 14/10906-0 - FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, BP.IC; 14/03192-0 - FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, BP.IC; 14/03273-0 - FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, BP.IC; 14/05007-6 - FAPESP’s contribution to the development of agriculture of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, BP.IC

Abstract

The general purpose of the project is to analyse and estimate the FAPESP’s contribution to lhe agricultural development process in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The study will cover the following stages of analysis: i) Identify recent changes in agricul ture through the anaysys of statistical time series data; ii) Visit ano revisit lhe main institutions dedicated to human capital formation ano technological inovation; iii) Update the analysis of aggregate ano FAPESP's time series data of investiments in agriculture; and, iv) Estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) in agriculture, as well as the importance of human capita formation ano of FAPESP's projects in the process of technological development. (AU)