How an Innovative Sugarcane Biofuel System can Prevent a Clash between Food and Energy in Brazil
| Autor: | Nilson Maciel de Paula, Mary Jane C. Parmentier, Wellington Pereira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Food security
Natural resource economics business.industry Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Biomass 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Renewable energy Biofuel Bioenergy 040103 agronomy & agriculture Food processing 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Food systems 021108 energy Business Environmental degradation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. 21:1950005 |
| ISSN: | 1757-5605 1464-3332 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s1464333219500054 |
| Popis: | Food commodities have been used worldwide for both human consumption and energy, amid concerns of environmental degradation and damaging effects on local food systems. Presently, strategies of rural development have encompassed the use of green resources to produce biofuels and an agenda of food security. We argue that by the strengthening of a Sectorial System of Production and Innovation involving farming activity, industrial transformation and institutional support, production for food and for energy can be balanced. Our discussion contributes to the resolution of the potential conflict between agro-energy and food production and the role of public policies in stimulating second-generation ethanol based on remaining biomass. Based on the current literature and empirical evidences, the prospects for sugarcane ethanol in Brazil are examined, bearing in mind the development of a system able to produce second-generation ethanol, as a strategy able to mitigate negative effects on food security. |
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