Mini-curriculum

Mariana has a degree in Animal Science (1999), a master's degree in Applied Economics from the Federal University of Viçosa (2001) and a PhD in Agricultural Management from Lincoln University, New Zealand (2011). She has been a researcher at EMBRAPA since 2001. She worked at the Strategic Management Secretariat-SGE until 2004 and, from then on, at Embrapa Beef Cattle. She was an Assistant Researcher at the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU), Lincoln University, between 2007 and 2008. She works in the field of Rural Economics and Administration, with an emphasis on production systems and costs in beef cattle farming, crop-livestock-forestry integrated systems (CLFS), decision making, adoption and impact of technologies, and farm management, including the development of managerial tools. She is RD substitute director at Embrapa Beef Cattle, the leader of the Research Group on Livestock Production Systems and coordinator of the National Program for Good Agricultural Practices - BPA Beef Cattle, at Embrapa. She is a member of the Management Council of the Environmental Protection Area of Córrego Ceroula/MS, South America representative on the Council of the International Farm Management Association (IFMA) and a Research Council member for the World Farmers' Organization (WFO). She is a reviewer of scientific journals and RD projects, and an international speaker.

Education

1994 - 1999

Graduação em Zootecnia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Obtained year: 1999

1999 - 2001

Mestrado em Economia Aplicada

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Análise da gestão de recursos humanos em empresas de bovinos de corte na região do Triângulo Mineiro

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: Sônia Maria Leite Ribeiro do Vale

2007 - 2011

Doutorado em Agricultural Management

Lincoln University

Title: Understanding technology adoption and non-adoption: a case study of innovative beef farmers from Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

Obtained year: 2011

Advisor: Keith Bernard Woodford

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Business administration / Especialidade: Administração De Empresas Rurais
2. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Economics / Subárea: Sistemas E Custos De Produção Agropecuária
3. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Economics / Subárea: Adoção De Tecnologia E Inovação
4. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Economics / Subárea: Gestão De Recursos Humanos
5. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Economics / Subárea: Rural sociology
6. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Economics / Subárea: Zootecnia