The use of socioeconomic indicators to assess the impacts of sugarcane production in Brazil

Machado, Pedro Gerber; Picoli, Michelle Cristina Araújo; Torres, Laura Jimena; Oliveira, Janaína Garcia

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“…Machado et al [51] concluded that the presence of sugarcane ethanol (butanol) production processes tend to improve local development as measured by illiteracy rate, Human Development Index, Theil Index (income inequality), percentage of poor people, connection to the grid and sewer system, child mortality, and life expectancy. Thus, bioenergy business operators could have a positive impact on these sustainability aspects in the long term.…”

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From Sustainability-as-usual to Sustainability Excellence in Local Bioenergy Business

Kasurinen¹,

Uusitalo²,

Väisänen³

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Cite as: Kasurinen, H., Uusitalo, V., Väisänen, S., Soukka, R., Havukainen, J., From Sustainability-as-usual to Sustainability Excellence in Local Bioenergy Business, J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst., 5(2), pp 240-272, 2017, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d5.0146 ABSTRACTBioenergy business operators can significantly contribute to the sustainability of bioenergy systems. While research has addressed the maturity of corporate responsibility for sustainability, the maturity levels of bioenergy business have not been determined. The objectives of this research were to characterise the maturity levels of bioenergy corporate responsibility for sustainability and outline an approach by which companies can operate at the most mature sustainability excellence level. Literature, three workshops attended by bioenergy experts and a case study on biobutanol production in Brazil were used to develop the maturity model and approach. The results characterise the profitability, acceptability, and sustainability orientation maturity levels through sustainability questions and methods, and list the components of a systemic, holistic approach. Although the shift of business mindset from sustainability-as-usual to sustainability excellence is challenging, a systemic approach is necessary to broadly identify sustainability questions and a multitude of methods by which they can be answered.

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From Sustainability-as-usual to Sustainability Excellence in Local Bioenergy Business

Kasurinen¹,

Uusitalo²,

Väisänen³

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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“…In this work, as in previous works (Walter et al 2011;Machado et al 2015), the choice of indicators was made with attention to the classes of indicators as well as the technical criteria defined above. The use of these indicators certainly does not reflect individual subjective quality of life and should include other categories (as leisure and recreation, public safety and protection of the environment), but data limitations are a limitation especially in the geographical level in this analysis.…”

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“…Diversification is important, including in the agricultural sector. Not only is quality of life related to lower agricultural activity (Anríquez and Stamoulis 2007), but the diversification in agricultural activity is also important to reduce poverty (Birthal et al 2015) and improve quality of life (Machado et al 2015).…”

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Potential impacts on local quality of life due to sugarcane expansion: a case study based on panel data analysis

Machado

Picoli²,

João

2016

Environ Dev Sustain

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Agribusiness participation in Brazil generates investments in rural infrastructure and employment, with direct effects on local quality of life. In this sense, government policies to support the production of ethanol from sugarcane and to promote bioelectricity from bagasse production have made Brazil a country of world leadership in this field. This paper reports an assessment of socioeconomic impacts due to sugarcane production in three regions in Brazil (Piracicaba, Presidente Prudente and Southwest Goiás). Local quality of life is defined as five dimensions: income and inequality, education, infrastructure, health and general development, analysed using panel data modelling, with variables that could explain differences in development due to local characteristics, including sugarcane activity. Presidente Prudente has the highest levels of progress in education, poverty, infrastructure and general development indicators. The models indicate that participation of sugarcane has positive impacts on the indicators of the microregion. In case of Piracicaba microregion, in two models (''L-Theil'' and ''Illiteracy rate'') indicators related with sugarcane sector are significant explanatory variables, contributing for better indicators. Finally, Southwest Goias-where sugarcane activity develops later-is the single microregion in which the adjusted models have no significant explanatory variables related to sugarcane sector.

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“…O etanol de cana-de-açúcar é produzido no país desde o início do século XX, porém foi com incentivo governamental, através do PROALCOOL, nos anos 70 que houve um aumento na produção que durou até meados dos anos 90 (WALTER et al, 2011). Com a inserção dos veículos bicombustíveis na frota nacional houve um novo aumento a partir de 2003 que durou até 2009(MACHADO et al, 2014. A matéria prima do etanol, a cana-de-açúcar é uma cultura que traz grandes benefícios econômicos para o Brasil, a parcela do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) da atividade sucroenergética foi de 108 bilhões de reais em 2015, isso representou quase 15% de todo PIB agrícola do país (CEPEA, 2016).…”

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Uso De Imagens Do Sensor Modis Para Identificação Da Seca Na Cana-De-Açúcar Através De Índices Espectrais

Duft¹,

Picoli²

2018

RSA

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Resumo -A cana-de-açúcar é uma cultura de grande importância econômica para o mundo, principalmente para o Brasil, onde representa 15% do PIB agrícola. Com as mudanças climáticas globais, alguns fenômenos extremos tendem a acontecer com mais frequência, entre eles, a seca que tem castigado várias culturas agrícolas. Apesar de ser uma planta resistente a seca, a ocorrência causa déficits de produtividade na cana-de-açúcar, causando enormes prejuízos aos produtores e um desequilíbrio no mercado de açúcar e combustíveis. Para monitorar eventos de seca diversos índices e métodos, baseados em dados climáticos ou em imagens espectrais, foram criados, porém nenhum deles é específico para a cultura da cana-de-açúcar. O trabalho testou alguns índices espectrais do sensor MODIS capazes de monitorar de eventos de seca para a cana-de-açúcar. Esta avaliação foi realizada em duas etapas: uma temporal e uma espacial. Os índices espectrais foram comparados com o SPI calculado para 1 e 3 meses. Foi observado que os índices espectrais que melhor monitoram eventos de seca na cana de açúcar são o GVMI, NDWI e SRWI. Índices espectrais que não tiveram correlação com eventos de seca foram: o MSI e NDI7.Palavras-chave -Imagem de satélite. SPI. Análise espacial.Abstract -Sugarcane has great economic importance to the world, especially to Brazil, where it represents 15% of agricultural GDP. The global climate change makes some extreme phenomena tend to happen more often, among them, the drought that has punished several agricultural crops. Despite being a drought resistant plant, the occurrence causes productivity deficits in sugarcane, causing huge losses to producers and an imbalance in the sugar and fuels market. To monitor drought events, several indices and methods, based on climatic data or spectral images, were created, but none of them are specific to the sugarcane crop. The paper tested some indexes of MODIS sensor, able to monitor drought events in sugarcane. This evaluation was carried out in two stages: time and space. The spectral indices were compared with the SPI calculated for 1 and 3 months. It has been observed that the best spectral indexes to sugarcane are GVMI, NDWI and SRWI. Spectral indexes that did not correlate with drought events: MSI and NDI7.

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The use of socioeconomic indicators to assess the impacts of sugarcane production in Brazil

Cited by 25 publications

References 4 publications

From Sustainability-as-usual to Sustainability Excellence in Local Bioenergy Business

From Sustainability-as-usual to Sustainability Excellence in Local Bioenergy Business

Potential impacts on local quality of life due to sugarcane expansion: a case study based on panel data analysis

Uso De Imagens Do Sensor Modis Para Identificação Da Seca Na Cana-De-Açúcar Através De Índices Espectrais

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