How an Innovative Sugarcane Biofuel System can Prevent a Clash between Food and Energy in Brazil

Nilson de Paula (), Wellington Pereira and Mary Jane Parmentier ()
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Nilson de Paula: Postgraduate Programme in Public Policy, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Wellington Pereira: #x2020;Economics Department, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Mary Jane Parmentier: #x2021;School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, USA

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2019, vol. 21, issue 01, 1-23

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Food crisis; ethanol; food security; biofuels; public policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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