Production of brown sugar and other organic products in small holdings

• Grant number: 99/03106-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 1999
• End date: October 31, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Antonio Correia Margarido
• Grantee: Luiz Antonio Correia Margarido
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Araras , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Despite the increase in productivity of the main agricultural crops in recent years, the agricultural model adopted, based on the assumptions of the Green Revolution is questioned from the point of view of sustainability. The project in question is multidisciplinary and consists of an alternative proposal for the production of mascavo sugar and other food products in smallholdings. It concerns an alternative for family agriculture, a segment which deserves special attention because of its importance within the national contexts and which contemplates sustainability through ecological, social and economic approaches. (AU)