Development of Brazilian Biodiesel Sector from the Perspective of Stakeholders

Bárbara Françoise Cardoso, Pery Shikida and Adele Finco
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Bárbara Françoise Cardoso: Centre for Applied Social Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Rua da Faculdade 645, Jardim Santa Maria, 85903-000 Toledo, Brazil
Adele Finco: Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Piazza Roma 22, 60121 Ancona, Italy

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: In Brazil, the main program with respect to biodiesel is the National Program of Biodiesel Production and Use (NPBP). It is also considered the regulation mark of biodiesel production in Brazil and its directives are social inclusion and regional development. Considering these directives, this paper aims to analyse the perspective of biodiesel sector stakeholders in Brazil to understand whether NPBP directives are in consonance with the reality of the sector for its development. A questionnaire was created with 48 questions in order to understand the importance of 13 variables for the stakeholders, and the responses were treated by factor analysis (FA). The results showed the existence of a trade-off related to technological advances in biodiesel production that confronts NPBP directives, that is, the biodiesel sector tends not to evolve in terms of the use of advanced technologies. If policies change so as to develop the biodiesel sector using advanced technologies, NPBP should change its directives in order to involve family farmers in another way in the Brazilian economy.

Keywords: Brazilian program on biodiesel; perspective of stakeholders; factor analysis (FA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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