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Aguiar, R. C. (1986). Abrindo o pacote tecnológico: estado e pesquisa agropecuária no Brasil.
Wilkinson, J., & Sorj, B. (1992). Structural adjustment and the institutional dimensions of agricultural research and development in Brazil: Soybeans, wheat and sugar cane (OECD Development Centre Working Paper No.
Altieri, M. A., & Farrell, J. G. (1995). Agroecology: Scientific basis of sustainable agriculture ( 2nd ed.). Westview.
Since 1996 Brazilian farmers have increased the amount of land under cultivation by a third, mostly in the cerrado.
Seshia, S., & Scoones, I. (2003). Tracing policy connections: The politics of knowledge in the Green Revolution and biotechnology eras in India (IDS Working Paper No.
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Fernandes, B. M., Welch, C. A., & Gonçalves, E. C. (2012). Políticas fundiárias no Brasil: uma análise geo-histórica da governança da terra no Brasil.
Wright, B. D. (2012). Grand missions of agricultural innovation.
Petersen, P., Mussoi, E. M., & Soglio, F. D. (2013). Institutionalization of the agroecological approach in Brazil: Advances and challenges.
Contini, E. (2014). Exportações na dinâmica do agronegócio brasileiro: oportunidades econômicas e responsabilidade mundial.
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Hosono, A., & Hongo, Y. (2016). Development of Cerrado agriculture: The path to becoming a major global breadbasket.
But which Brazilians? Those who had a doctorate there in the United States. (Interview with former president of Embrapa, September 11, 2019)
They have a huge prejudice in relation to agroecology, marginalizing it and claiming it is not science. (personal communication, September 13, 2019)
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