Empirical Research—setor sucroenergético in Brazil—From the Experts’ Mouths

Felix Kaup
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Felix Kaup: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Sugarcane Complex in Brazil, 2015, pp 63-260 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Initially an explanation is given for how the expert interviews were conducted and structured within this main empirical chapter. The strategy for identifying the experts that were interviewed is elaborated upon the evaluation of the recorded and transcribed interviews by applying qualitative data analysis software is explained followed by a presentation of the reasons for the success of sugarcane over decades and centuries and its significance for the Brazilian agriculture and rural areas. From the initial governmental program Pro-Álcool to the recent crisis of the sugarcane sector the last three decades are explained in more detail. Yet the main focus of Chap. 4 is the empirical analysis of the data compiled. The qualitative data is presented as statements from the expert interviews and then matched with insights, statistical and other data from the literature review. With reference to the innovation system approach there are five ‘physical’ technologies (mechanization; cogeneration; new technologies; second generation biofuels and genetically modified cultivars) that are analyzed in detail. An assessment of the ‘social’ technologies with a national and international perspective (institutions, strategies and politics; laws, regulations and enforcement; industrial cooperation; concentration and internationalization; certification and market demand) follows. Subsequently these technologies and innovations and their interdependencies are evaluated in order to understand whether the sugarcane complex can be classified as an innovation system. The chapter concludes with analysis of the impacts of innovation on ecological, economic and social aspects in order to cover the multi-dimensionality of sustainability.

Keywords: Complex Sugarcane; Sugarcane Sector; Sugarcane Ethanol; Hydrous Ethanol; Vinasse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16583-7_4

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