Ciência, tecnologia e (re)pecuarização do semi-árido: um estudo exploratório na Embrapa Semi-árido.

Abstract

In the Northeast, Brazil, public research institutions are central actors in the process of cattle raising sustainable development in semiarid region. Researchers contribute to the discursive constitution of cattle raising as regional development alternative (in modern terms) and offer technical legitimacy and process to public policies to this economic sector. This article presents an exploratory research in Embrapa Semi-Árido (a public research institution), in Petrolina (PE), in attempt to reveal the logics and contradictions in the process of technological innovation and knowledge production in the debate about regional development and public policies.