Análise econômica da produção de soja rr2 pro e soja rr1: estudo de caso no Estado de Mato Grosso

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Leidiane Coelho [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Soja; Plantas transgênicas; Renda (Agricultura); Soybean
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/126615; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/10-08-2015/000844845.pdf

The appearance of insect pests in soybean cultivars may increase production cost and reduce producer profitability due to high use of pesticides. Techniques to minimize these problems must be developed. Biotechnology has become an alternative to minimize the impact on scenarios. Genetic transformations in cultivars enables production improvements by inserting desirable agronomic characteristics. Thus, it is necessary to take into account the cost of transgenic seeds. Patent rights of transgenic seeds require payment to them. However, the adoption of transgenic seeds requires consideration of the added production cost due to payment of patent rights of the technology's owner. The need for alternative insect pest management led to the development of the herbicide-tolerant insect-resistant soybean cultivar RR2 PRO, which was evolved from the herbicide-tolerant RR1 PRO. Besides reducing production costs, the RR2 PRO cultivar is expected to provide social and environmental benefits including reductions in exposure, environmental contamination, pesticide use and CO2 emissions. A cost assessment of this technology should take into account the real benefit generated. Thus, the objective of this study was estimated economic indicators in a soybean system of RR2 PRO and RR1 in the state of Mato Grosso. Operational cost was evaluated by Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA) methodology. Mean profitability indicator was evaluated. The soybean system RR2 PRO presented lower total operational cost than the RR1 system, including lower cost per bag under the RR2 PRO system versus RR1. Favorable profitability was demonstrated by both RR2 PRO with insect resistance and RR1 without insect resistance. However, the results have shown that the insect-resistant soybean cultivar may offer more advantages than its counterpart without insect resistance