其他摘要:The initial project regarding the paper to be presented in the “Seminário internacional Papel do Estado no Século XXI: desafios para a gestão pública” promoted by the “Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP) e o Ministériodo Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão do Brasil (MP)”, was restricted to the last two topics, that is the impact of public investment on the higher education system and on the technological advances fostering the Brazilian agribusiness. Instead of writing an overview regarding the general higher education system and the agribusiness complex we selected two emblematic enterprises proving that making the right choices public investments have a very high return rate. Keywords : agribusiness, theory, higher education, economy, economic crisis, capital, scientific method, research method, scientific education, education, methodology, scientific research, science and technology, environment, scientist, public company, agriculture