Formação de capital e nível tecnológico em duas regiões da agricultura gaúcha

The purpouse of the study is to analyse the capital formation and use of tecnology at the farm level in two areas of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The main conclusions were: a)large farms acumulate agrarian capital faster than small ones; b)new land aquisitions are financed mainly by farmers' own resources; c)there was not significant changes in tecnology used either on large farms or small ones.The purpouse of the study is to analyse the capital formation and use of tecnology at the farm level in two areas of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The main conclusions were: a)large farms acumulate agrarian capital faster than small ones; b)new land aquisitions are financed mainly by farmers' own resources; c)there was not significant changes in tecnology used either on large farms or small ones