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GCHERA Consecana: A sucess Partnership Experience in the Brazilian Sugar and Ethanol Sector Mirian Rumenos Piedade Bacchi Geraldo Sant’Ana de Camargo Barros Raul Machado Neto USP/ESALQ FRANCE 27 – 29/June 2011 BUILDING TRUST and RELIABILITY BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY ... THE FIFTH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 3.3 X 106 square milles BRAZIL COVERS 47% OF SOUTH AMERICA FEDERATION WITH 26 STATES , 5 REGIONS BRASILIA IS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL POPULATION : 191 MILLION AGRICULTURE IN BRAZIL CONTRIBUTION OF THE AGRIBUSINESS TO THE GDP: 23% AVAILABLE AREA FOR AGRICULTURE: 550 million hectares Annual crops: Permanent crops : Natural pasture: Forage crops: Natural forests: Cultivated forests: 36% 12% 15% 13% 15% 15% AGRICULTURE IN BRAZIL THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT CROPS: Soybean, Sugarcane, Maize, Coffee, Rice, Cassava Field Bean, Cotton, Citrus, Tomatoes Country is one of the 10 largest world producers Except for cotton and rice (sixth and tenth), those crops holds one of the first three positions among major world producers AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 1997 3.3%/year 2007 Gasques, Bastos e Bacchi, Ipea 2008 AGRICULTURE IN BRAZIL CROP PRODUCTIVITY HAS INCREASED OVERTIME MAIN REASONS Research, Investments in transportation infrastructure, Enhance and availability of modern inputs (SEEDS) Choosing the TOPIC Consecana: A sucess Partnership Experience in the Brazilian Sugar and Ethanol Sector Mirian Rumenos Geraldo Sant’Ana de Piedade Bacchi Camargo Barros Importance of the sugarcane activity in Brazil #Brazil is the major sugarcane producer in the world #Center-South region accounts for 90%, with the production of 557 million tons and more than 50% allocated to ethanol #Sugarcane area used to produce sugar and ethanol in 2010/2011 – 1.5% country cultivatable area #sugar production – 33.5 million tons #anhydrous ethanol – 7.4 million m3 #hydrous ethanol – 17.9 million m3 FLEX-FUEL CARS first 100% ethanol cars produced in the late 70 TODAY 42% of the Brazilian vehicles fleet is FLEX-FUEL SUTAINABILITY ASPECTS #ethanol from sugarcane is considered by EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) ADVANCED FUEL #biodegradable plastic #chemical industry 61% CO2 PLANT BOTTLE Social Aspects # 1,283,258 formal jobs (RAIS - Relação Anual de Informações Sociais) # Agribusiness GDP - 10% in 2009 # Brazilian GDP - 2.3% CEPEA 2010