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The Brazilian experience of sugarcane ethanol industry
(Springer, 2009-06-01)
Biomass has gained prominence in the last few years as one of the most important renewable energy sources. In Brazil, a sugarcane ethanol program called ProAlcohol was designed to supply the liquid gasoline substitution ...
The Brazilian experience of sugarcane ethanol industry
(Springer, 2009-06-01)
Biomass has gained prominence in the last few years as one of the most important renewable energy sources. In Brazil, a sugarcane ethanol program called ProAlcohol was designed to supply the liquid gasoline substitution ...
Survey of sugarcane industry in Minas Gerais, Brazil: focus on sustainability
(Biomass and Bioenergy, 2018)
Sugarcane bagasse: Production, composition, properties, and feedstock potential
(2017-01-01)
Sugarcane is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries around the world, with increasing annual production. The largest sugarcane producing countries are, in millions of tons: Brazil (721), India (347), China ...
Environmental regulation, technology adoption and structural transformation: evidence from Brazilian sugarcane industry
(2015-04-28)
We estimate the effects of the adoption of mechanized agriculture led by a new environmental regulation on structural change of local labor markets within a large emerging country, Brazil. In 2002, the state of S\~{a}o ...
Adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies in the sugarcane industry of So Paulo state, Brazil
(SPRINGER, 2011)
Precision agriculture (PA) technologies are being applied to crops in Brazil, which are important to ensure Brazil`s position in agricultural production. However, there are no studies available at present to indicate the ...
Toxicological effects of the waste of the sugarcane industry, used as agricultural fertilizer, on the test system Allium cepa
(2017-01-01)
Sugarcane is cultivated in tropical countries for sugar and ethanol production. In Brazil, this culture is among the most profitable with a production of 658.7 million tons/harvest. Sugarcane filter cake (SCFC) is a waste ...
Technology adoption and structural transformation: evidence from the industrialization of the sugarcane sector
(2020-06-15)
This paper shows how the adoption of an agricultural technology necessary to meet new environmental standards can prompt structural transformation in an emerging economy. We study the fast spread of mechanical harvesting ...
The Brazilian experience of sugarcane ethanol industry
(Springer, 2014)