@article{697556,
      recid = {697556},
      author = {Moraes, Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de, and Zilberman,  David,},
      title = {Production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil from state  intervention to a free market / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (275 pages).},
      abstract = {The success of Brazil in the large-scale production and  use of fuel ethanol has been widely discussed and analyzed  by other countries interested in adopting policies designed  to encourage the use of biofuels. Within this context,  certain questions arise: Could the Brazilian experience be  replicated in other countries? What were the conditions  that enabled the creation of the Brazilian Prolcool  (National Ethanol Program and what lessons can be learned?  To examine these issues, it is important to understand the  functioning of the key, interconnected markets (those for  sugarcane, sugar and ethanol), which, from their inception,  were the objects of extensive government intervention until  1999. Two main conditions enabled the creation of Prolcool:  robust production of sugarcane and sugar (tightly regulated  by the government, which applied the numerous regulations  then in place); and the military regime that was in place  at the time, whose decision-making and enforcement powers  were quite broad, facilitating the carrying out of the  necessary actions, as well as making it easier to  coordinate the activities of the various stakeholders and  sectors involved. This book increases understanding of the  functioning of the sugarcane supply chain in Brazil, not  only during the phase of government intervention but also  in recent years (in the free-market environment). The  lessons, positive and negative, gleaned from the Brazilian  experience can contribute to reflection on and the  development of alternative modalities of biofuel production  in other countries, making the book of interest to scholars  and policy-makers concerned with biofuel and renewable  resources as well as economic development.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/697556},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03140-8},
}