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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Unidades Centrais.
Data corrente: | 19/12/2011
Data da última atualização: | 23/05/2017
Autoria: | ARAUJO, M. de; GOES, T.; MARRA, R.; SOUZA, M. O. de.
Afiliação: | MARLENE DE ARAUJO, SGE.
Título: | Sugarcane The evolution of technological thinking in agriculture.
Ano de publicação: | 2010
Fonte/Imprenta: | Revista de política Agrícola, Brasília, ano 19, n. 4, pag. 65-77, Out./Nov./Dez. 2010.
Idioma: | Inglês

Conteúdo:

The purpose of this study is to show the importance of technological progress in sugarcane
production and its impact on the Brazilian economy. The evolution is shown using the time
line concept to separate the most important cycles of the sugar-alcohol sector, while economic,
social and environmental indicators are used to measure the results. The indicators clearly point out
the sector?s progress and modernization. The study focuses on the advances achieved through the
generation of new crop varieties with specific characteristics and the development of new products
and byproducts of the sugarcane industrialization process. Special attention is accorded to the growth
and increasing importance of the crop in the local and national economies, shown on the basis of
the harvest values for the last ten years and production forecasts until 2020. The study concludes
that the evolution of the agricultural and industrial technology in the recent past has enabled the
sugarcane sector to become the most important and competitive in the world.

Palavras-Chave: | Sugar-alcohol sector; Sugarcane and ethanol technology.
Categoria do assunto: | --
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