Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil: From State Intervention to a Free Market - Couverture souple

Ferraz Dias De Moraes, Márcia Azanha Ferraz; Zilberman, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319348574 ISBN 13 : 9783319348575

Editeur : Springer, 2016

Synopsis

The success of Brazil in the large-scale production and use of fuel ethanol has been widely discussed and analyzed by other countries interested in adopting policies designed to encourage the use of biofuels. Within this context, certain questions arise: Could the Brazilian experience be replicated in other countries? What were the conditions that enabled the creation of the Brazilian Proálcool (National Ethanol Program and what lessons can be learned? To examine these issues, it is important to understand the functioning of the key, interconnected markets (those for sugarcane, sugar and ethanol), which, from their inception, were the objects of extensive government intervention until 1999. Two main conditions enabled the creation of Proálcool: robust production of sugarcane and sugar (tightly regulated by the government, which applied the numerous regulations then in place); and the military regime that was in place at the time, whose decision-making and enforcement powers were quite broad, facilitating the carrying out of the necessary actions, as well as making it easier to coordinate the activities of the various stakeholders and sectors involved. This book increases understanding of the functioning of the sugarcane supply chain in Brazil, not only during the phase of government intervention but also in recent years (in the free-market environment). The lessons, positive and negative, gleaned from the Brazilian experience can contribute to reflection on and the development of alternative modalities of biofuel production in other countries, making the book of interest to scholars and policy-makers concerned with biofuel and renewable resources as well as economic development.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines Brazil's sugarcane supply chain, in phases of government intervention and in the more recent free-market environment. The lessons of the Brazilian experience can contribute to adoption of alternative modes of biofuel production elsewhere.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319348574
• ISBN 13: 9783319348575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
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