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SUGARCANE EXPANSION AND AGRARIAN STRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO (BRAZIL) BETWEEN 1975 AND 2006
(Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, Fac Ciencias & Tecnologia, 2016-12-01)
The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of sugarcane expansion in Sao Paulo, from 1975 to 2006, on the agrarian structure for the state, regarding the usage and concentration of land, technology together ...
Strategic Environmental Assessment For Planning Sugarcane Expansion: A Framework Proposal
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2016)
How green is sugarcane ethanol?
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2019-07)
Biofuels offer one approach for reducing carbon emissions in transportation. However, the agricultural expansion needed to produce biofuels may endanger tropical forests. I use a dynamic model of land use to disentangle ...
Environmental, land-use and economic implications of Brazilian sugarcane expansion 1996-2006
(SPRINGER, 2009)
Governments are promoting biofuels and the resulting changes in land use and crop reallocation to biofuels production have raised concerns about impacts on environment and food security. The promotion of biofuels has also ...
Changes in quantity and quality of soil carbon due to the land-use conversion to sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) plantation in southern Brazil
(2017-03-01)
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role for soil quality and its conservation is affected by the land-use change (LUC) associated with sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) expansion. This study was based on the ...
Sustainability of sugarcane production in Brazil. A review
(2018-04-01)
Brazil is a major sugarcane producer and its production more than doubled over the last decades to meet global bioenergy demands for reducing crude oil dependency and mitigating climate change. Nevertheless, the adverse ...
How green is sugarcane ethanol?
(EPGE - Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia, 2015)
Biofuels offer one approach for reducing carbon emissions in transportation. However, the agricultural expansion needed to produce biofuels may endanger tropical forests and thus offset the benefits of fossil fuel substitution. ...
The sustainability of ethanol production from sugarcane
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2008)
The rapid expansion of ethanol production from sugarcane in Brazil has raised a number of questions regarding its negative consequences and sustainability. Positive impacts are the elimination of lead compounds from gasoline ...