Food and fuel The example of Brazil /

• Main Authors: Neves, Marcos Fava (Author), Pinto, Mairun Junqueira Alves (Author), Conejero, Marco Antonio (Author), Trombin, Vinicius Gustavo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers : Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.

This book is a contribution of the authors to the food - fuel debate. During 2007 and 2008 several factors led to the food inflation problem: growing population, income distribution, urbanization, biofuel, social programs, production scarcity etc.. Biofuel got most of the blame for food inflation bu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. The need for food and fuel production and the role of Brazilian agribusiness
• 2. The sugar-energy value chain in Brazil
• 3. Strategic plan for the sugar-energy value chain in Brazil
• 4. An overview of FDI in the sugar-energy sector in Brazil and lessons learned
• 5. Concluding remarks – FDI: suggestions for regulations, public policies, and incentives
• References and websites
• Annex 1. Most relevant M&A operations from 2007 to 2010
• About the authors
• Keyword index.