ORGANIZATION OF THE BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: THE EMBRAPA'S CASE

Abstract

The objective of this study is to make a general survey of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization (EMBRAPA). To achieve this, a presentation of EMBRAPA's internal structure, its system of programming and its human and financial resources allocation is made. The text intentionally omits interpretative conclusions. What it does is to describe how some of the organizational characteristics which have been developed over a period of time evolved. In this way the study attempts to be useful to researchers and others interested in a general way in the organization, presenting, in a logical form, a series of important data to be used in measuring and analyzing this important Brazilian agricultural research institution.