Open AccessThe uneven geography of knowledge in agriculture
Author(s) -
Fernando Campos Mesquita,
Ivette Luna,
Roney Fraga Souza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista brasileira de inovação
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2178-2822
pISSN - 1677-2504
DOI - 10.20396/rbi.v20i00.8663825
Subject(s) - knowledge production , agriculture , production (economics) , knowledge base , regional science , economic geography , sociology of scientific knowledge , geography , order (exchange) , agricultural science , business , knowledge management , social science , economics , sociology , computer science , biology , archaeology , finance , macroeconomics , world wide web
During the 2000s and 2010s, the growth in sugar and ethanol production stimulated the expansion of sugarcane in new regions of Brazil, reducing the concentration in the state of São Paulo. This paper aims to investigate whether the rise in sugarcane production in peripheral areas has led to the growth of knowledge capabilities. In order to consider regional asymmetries, the article uses the differentiated knowledge base (DKB) approach in association with regional innovation systems (RIS) and core-periphery relations. Data on formal employment and scientific research on the Central-South region are analyzed from 2003 to 2017. The results show that there are limits to the diffusion of sugarcane knowledge as an important part of knowledge production remains concentrated in the regions of early growth in São Paulo.