Construindo competências tecnológicas na agricultura brasileira: articulando a política nacional de inovação com os investimentos em infraestrutura

Abstract

This study examined the impacts of sector fund CT-AGRONEGÓCIO and infrastructure investments in agricultural productivity growth of Brazilian states. The results indicate that the effect of each investment depends on the degree of closeness to the technological frontier. This suggests that a well-coordinated policy must distribute investments differently according to the stage of development of each economy. To confirm the hypothesis, we used a regression model with panel data adopting the Generalized Method of Moments, during 2000 to 2009. We constructed an index of proximity to the frontier and it was observed that in the more distant states the needs of infrastructure investments are relatively higher compared to expenditures of I, C & T, vice-versa. The conclusions of this study show that the absence of this understanding can lead to an unbalanced political cost for the convergence.