The culture of the sugar cane in the western region of the State of São Paulo: a technical, socioeconomic and environmental evaluation

• Grant number: 07/06628-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2008
• End date: January 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Rural Extension
• Principal Investigator: Maria Aparecida Anselmo Tarsitano
• Grantee: Maria Aparecida Anselmo Tarsitano
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main goal of the present work is to evaluate, technical, socioeconomic and environmental in production systems of the sugarcane in the west area of São Paulo State. The study has EDRs (Rural Development Office) of Andradina, Jales, General Salgado and Araçatuba as references. In order to choose suppliers (producers) that will be part of the research, technicians of the area´s technical support will be contacted to quention general and logistics subjects to accomplish the research. The data will be collected in 2008 and 2009 from recorded interviews, questionnaires elaboration and from the attendance in a production cycle to complete the spreadsheets. It has been calculated that about 10 suppliers of each area will be interviewed and 20% of the total will be accompanied during one production cycle. (AU)