Brazil of Biofuels – Sugarcane 2009
The year of 2009 was marked by strong activity in Brazil’s sugar-alcohol industry. After a deep crisis in the previous year, when companies suffered with credit restriction, several of them saw their balance sheets recovery in a scenario of permanent increase in the domestic demand for ethanol. In spite of the changes, environmental and social […]
Brazil of Biofuels – Sugarcane 2008
This research on sugarcane, an expanding crop facing the ethanol global boom, brings an alert on the contrast between the wealth and poverty that characterizes the sector: on the one hand, high investments from national and international groups guarantee cuttingedge technology development; on the other, the advance of monoculture generates environmental problems and thousands of […]
