Food and Fuel : : The example of Brazil / / by Marcos Fava Neves, Mairun Junqueira Alves Pinto, Marco Antonio Conejero, Vinicius Gustavo Trombin.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.