Ecosystemic/energy related and economic evaluation of the sugar/alcohol sector in the state of São Paulo

• Grant number: 00/00178-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2000
• End date: April 30, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Agrarian and Natural Resource Economics
• Principal Investigator: Enrique Ortega Rodriguez
• Grantee: Enrique Ortega Rodriguez
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this project is to study the manner in which new technological tendencies in the sugar-alcohol sector will change the profile of the socioeconomic performance of sugar and alcohol factories and draw up a scenario for the sector, using “energetics” methodology. (AU)