Construindo competências tecnológicas na agricultura brasileira: articulando a Política Nacional de Inovação com os investimentos em infraestrutura [Technological capacity-building in the Brazil’s agriculture: articulating Policies National Innovation and infrastructure investments]

This paper analyzed the impacts of the sector fund CT AGROBUSINESS and of infrastructure investments over the growth of agricultural productivity in 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 depending on the stage of development of each economy. In states farther removed, the need for infrastructure investments is relatively higher compared to expenses with ST & I. The absence of this understanding can lead to an unbalanced policy with costs for convergence.