Strategies to improve the environmental efficiency and the profitability of sugarcane mills

Gonçalves, Felipe; Lopes, Emília Savioli; Maciel, Rubens; Tovar, Laura Plazas; Lopes, Melina Savioli

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106052

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“…Agriculture-related technologies and self-sufficiency are essential to achieving economic growth (Atef, 2019;Tashi et al, 2022). A significant access to the GF boosts production (Gonçalves et al, 2021;Bashir et al, 2019). The peasantry can be modernized if cheap and simple GR is available (Khanal and Omobitan, 2020).…”

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RETRACTED: Green finance, green energy, and green revolution: An impulse response function of food security in developing economies

Huan¹,

Sun²,

Ali³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Recently, it has been observed that fossil fuel utilization increased to manage the issue of food insecurity; however, it has increased the risk of environmental degradation and land availability. Therefore, the role of a farmer is to ensure food security (FS). With the assistance of the green revolution (GR), green finance (GF) and green energy have increased manifold. For this purpose, the current study utilized a time-series dataset between 2071 and 2019 to evaluate the relationship between green finance, green energy, and the green revolution with food security. This objective has been considered with modern econometric methods, including the Johansen cointegration model and impulse response. As a result, the Johansen model affirmed cointegration between the green revolution, green finance, and green energy with food security. According to the results, food security will rise by 0.17%, 2.05%, 0.006%, and 0.023%, with a 1% increase in fossil fuel utilization, green finance, improved seeds, and water availability, respectively. Furthermore, based on the diagnostic statistics, the Johansen model’s credibility, stability, and reliability were corrected. In light of these findings and the impulse response function, all relevant factors will favor future food security. Finally, this study suggested that the public and commercial sectors should invest significantly in R&D to produce organic chemicals and agricultural methods that preserve soil fertility and reduce environmental degradation.

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RETRACTED: Green finance, green energy, and green revolution: An impulse response function of food security in developing economies

Huan¹,

Sun²,

Ali³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…O aproveitamento dos resíduos marcou o início da indústria sucroenergética que aos poucos permitiram a minimização dos impactos ambientais da produção e foram se integrando a matriz energética brasileira para gerar calor, eletricidade e biocombustíveis. Além disso, uma recente Política Nacional de Biocombustíveis foi decretada com o RenovaBio (2016) como incentivo para a redução de emissões de gases do efeito estufa até meados de 2030 e colaborar economicamente para o desenvolvimento da indústria do etanol, por meio de melhorias na eficiência do processo de produção, abrangendo desde a agricultura até a comercialização dos produtos (Gonçalves et al, 2021).…”

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História E Produtos Da Cana-De-Açúcar: Um Breve Relato

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Ciências Agrárias: O Avanço Da Ciência No Brasil - Volume 3

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“…In Brazil, the most recent program launched was RenovaBio, which aims to increase ethanol production and consumption. This program aimed to help the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to contribute economically to the development of the ethanol industry by creating a new product, the decarbonization credit called CBio (Gonçalves et al 2021).…”

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Environmental, field and impurity factors to increase the agricultural performance of Brazilian and Australian sugarcane mills

Carlucci

Lemos

Salgado

et al. 2021

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Graphic abstract This study aims to identify explanatory factors to increase the agricultural performance of Brazilian and Australian sugarcane mills. The relevance of Brazil and Australia for the sugar industry motivated the development this study based on the most important factors in both countries responsible for increasing the efficiency in sugarcane production. Thus, this study is designed to assess the hypothesis that there are a few explanatory variables that are deeply responsible for the agricultural efficiency in the sugar-energy sector. As a specific objective, it proposes a DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model that seeks to optimize the production of Total Recoverable Sugar (TRS) by planted area, and simultaneously, minimizes mineral and vegetable impurities. The sample consists of 82 observations from 32 sugarcane mills. An agricultural efficiency study was performed using the two-stage DEA, in which the evaluated mills according to the level of efficiency in the proposed model. Then, a Multiple Linear Regression Analysis was performed to identify the variables with the greatest influence on the performance of the mills in terms of efficiency. The results revealed six relevant variables for increasing the agricultural performance in the production of sugarcane: rainfall (mm weekly), chopped cane delivery (%), delivery time (h), borer (%), air humidity (%), and rods in raw wine (× 10 5 /mL). Finally, semi-structured interviews with Brazilian and Australian experts in the sugar-energy sector allowed the identification of five other relevant complementary factors that were unavailable in the database: genetic variety, agricultural cultivation activities, edaphoclimatic factors, renewal of sugarcane fields and irrigation system. The results of this study were grouped into the dimensions of environment, yield, and impurities, providing quantification and better understanding of the identified explanatory factors and the agricultural performance in terms of production efficiency, offering fundamental information that enables managers to make decisions and prioritize the aspects that contribute more significantly to the increase in agricultural productivity of the planted area.

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Strategies to improve the environmental efficiency and the profitability of sugarcane mills

Cited by 29 publications

References 57 publications

RETRACTED: Green finance, green energy, and green revolution: An impulse response function of food security in developing economies

RETRACTED: Green finance, green energy, and green revolution: An impulse response function of food security in developing economies

História E Produtos Da Cana-De-Açúcar: Um Breve Relato

Environmental, field and impurity factors to increase the agricultural performance of Brazilian and Australian sugarcane mills

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