O objetivo principal deste estudo consiste em analisar determinantes do mercado de soja com base em dados de séries mensais, de 01/2005 a 12/2015. Para tanto, são desenvolvidos e ajustados três modelos teóricos, cujas hipóteses são testadas por meio de Modelos de Autorregressã...

O artigo analisa os processos de gestão, acompanhamento e controle de resultados adotados pela Embrapa para realizar com efetividade os 10 projetos e 141 metas previstos no Programa de Fortalecimento e Crescimento da Embrapa (PAC Embrapa). A pesquisa qualitativa, baseada em estudo de&#x...

By 2017, Brazil seems to have finally awakened to the problem of food loss and waste. In this article, we resume the topic started in the article ?Postharvest losses of perishables in Brazil: what do we know so far?? published earlier this year, but now with an ...

This article aims to identify antecedents of food waste among lower-middle class families ? a paradox, given the financial constraints this population faces. The importance of this research is evident in escalating environmental pressures for better use of our planet?s scarce resources. ...

This qualitative study, grounded theory oriented, identifies familial affection and preference for abundance as major drivers of wasted food in lower-middle income American families. These positive intentions provide an improved understanding of household food waste, a problem with high environmental&...

Drawing from previous studies, this review proposes a research agenda in regard to household food waste, a neglected topic within the field of consumer behavior. This phenomenon has remarkable social and environmental relevance when one considers that it occurs at the end of the&#x...

The foundations of "GMacro" were built in the environmental management area to work the concept of sustainability. The method is based on the perception that complexity is easier noted from different points of view (panoramic and collective vision) and uses several visual arti...

The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the world´s biodiversity hotspot and hosts some of the most intensive agricultural activities for food production in the world. The objective of this study was to produce a land-use and land-cover (LULC) map of the Cerrado based on Landsat-8...

This study aimed to assess the physical performance of Pantaneiro horses with and without equine infectious anemia (EIA) under functional conditions of cattle management. The horses were subjected to a performance test and split into two groups according to a completely randomized desig...