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Application of the Transhipment Model to Development of the Seed Industry in Northeast Brazil*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Fred H. Tyner  and
Roberto G. Campos
Fred H. Tyner
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
Roberto G. Campos
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, is presently with the State Commission for Agricultural Planning, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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The importance of agriculture in developing economies is reflected in the share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) originating in that sector and in the percent of population working in that sector. Brazil received 19 percent of its GDP from agriculture in 1968, and 60 percent of its population was in agriculture. In contrast, only three percent of GDP came from agriculture in the United States, and only six percent of the population was employed in agriculture.

Development of a country's agriculture is dependent on a multitude of factors—not the least of which is availability and use of good seed. Use of high quality seeds increases total yield; allows for more efficient use of fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation because of greater uniformity, better stands and more vigorous plants; usually results in higher quality produce; requires lower planting rates; and usually reduces weed, disease and soil insect problems. Other inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, technical assistance and credit availability are necessary to achieving a sound agriculture.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , December 1976 , pp. 109 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1976

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Footnotes

*

This report was developed from “Optimum Number, Size, and Location of Seed Processing Facilities in the States of Paraiba, Pernambuco, and Alagoas in Northeast Brazil,” by Roberto Gilson da Costa Campos, Unpublished Master's Thesis, Mississippi State University, August 1975. Journal Series No. 3174 of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State.

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