Title:	Economic efficiency of cattle production in the brazilian amazon.
Authors:	SANTOS, M. A. S. dos SANTANA, A. C. de HOMMA, A. K. O. BEZERRA, A. S. LOURENÇO JUNIOR, J. de B.
Affiliation:	MARCOS ANTÔNIO SOUZA DOS SANTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA ANTÔNIO CORDEIRO DE SANTANA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA ALFREDO KINGO OYAMA HOMMA, CPATU ANDRÉIA SANTANA BEZERRA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA JOSÉ DE BRITO LOURENÇO JÚNIOR, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ.
Date Issued:	2019
Citation:	International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, v. 7, n. 4, p. 293-301, 2019.
Description:	The article estimates a production function for cattle raising developed in the municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon, aiming to identify the influence of production factors on cattle production value. Municipal data on the gross value of cattle production, pasture areas, labor employed in livestock production, value of livestock investments, and access to technical assistance services were used. The model was statistically significant, and the production factors explained 84.54% of the changes in cattle production value. Land and capital factors contributed the most to the determination of production value. On the other hand, labor contributed the least. Cattle production shows increasing returns to scale, indicating the possibility of reducing average production costs by intensifying the use of the available production factors
Thesagro:	Pecuária Produção Modelo Econométrico
NAL Thesaurus:	Amazonia Econometric models
Keywords:	Cobb-Douglas
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.296758
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATU)