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Situação atual e perspectivas do biodiesel no Estado do Tocantins
- Source :
- Desafios, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 263-278 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 2015.
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Abstract
- Biofuel production has been widely debated in Brazil and in 2014 was created the National Program for Production and Use of Biodiesel (NPPB). This program encouraging a greater share of renewable energies in the Brazilian energy matrix, aiming to implement sustainably , technical , and economic , production and use of biodiesel, with a focus on social inclusion and regional development by generating employment and income . On the national scene, the State of Tocantins is distinguished by having a wide availability of land and has good prospects because of logistical deployment of new modes of transportation. Family farming is considered the major driver of agribusiness with approximately 45000 farms. In this context, this paper aims to demonstrate the factors that contribute to the scenario of biodiesel production in the state of Tocantins.
- Subjects :
- Production
Sustainability
familiar Agriculture
Biofuels
Science
Social Sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 23593652
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Desafios
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.193425057af945e4adb31d0de4a64dcb
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2014v1n1p263