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| Peres, Fernando Curi; de Zen, Sergio; Ambrosio, Luis Alberto; Ichihara, Silvio M.. |
| Using the technique of "panels" farms were drawn as representatives from three regions of Brazil: the first was a medium size farm representing the grain production area of Northern Rio Grande do Sul State; the second, a large farm from the grain and livestock production area of Mato Grosso State; the third, a very large farm from the Amazonian livestock production area of Para State. The long-term cost of production was estimated and the yearly average net income was evaluated for each typical farm. An "energy" evaluation table, prepared according to procedures described by Odum (1996), was used to estimate each farm process of incorporating energy into its production as a way to evaluate the sustainability of the farms systems. A four quadrant reference... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24363 |
