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  Research briefing: How EMBRAPA catalysed productivity gains in Brazil’s soybean and pulp and paper industries

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  This briefing summarises the main results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures (knowledge related institutions and government policies) in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in latecomer natural resource-related industries.
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  Research briefing: What explains the intensification and diversification of Brazil ́s agricultural production and exports?

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  Since 2000, Brazilian agricultural production and exports have increased enormously. The production of crops rose by over 150%, while exports multiplied eightfold from 1990 to 2012. The authors have undertaken new econometric analysis to understand the factors driving this growth and have found:
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  What explains the intensification and diversification of Brazil’s agricultural production and exports from 1990 to 2012?

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  Agricultural and agro-industrial products typically make up one-third of Brazilian exports, and a wide range of products have been exported. Brazil continues to be the world’s major coffee exporter, but more recently has also been among the top ten exporting countries of products such as soybeans, sugar, pulp, orange juice, and meat.