Favorable Environmental and Economic Effects of Corn Ethanol Coproducts in Brazil

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Published: Dec 21, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21071/c3b.vi4.16184
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Corn ethanol, Coproducts, Brazil, bioeconomy, economic development

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Luís Augusto Barbosa Cortez
UNICAMP, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0664-6369
Sérgio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho
UNICAMP, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-4500
Maicon Sbardella
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-2072

Abstract

Brazil is a traditional producer of fuel ethanol from sugarcane with coproduction of sugar. With this model, producing sugar and ethanol, Brazil became the first producer and exporter of sugar and the second producer of fuel ethanol. However, this model can no longer be expanded. Corn ethanol is becoming the alternative to boost fuel ethanol because of its potential to produce protein which can be used to feed beef cattle. Brazil employs nearly 20% of its territory, nearly 200 Mha, to produce beef cattle and corn ethanol coproducts such as DDG[1], which are the key element to reduce pasture land. This article analyzes this new economic activity in Brazil as well as its potential to be combined with environmental policies to reduce or even stop deforestation in Brazil.


[1] DDG is the abbreviation of Dry Distillers Grains, a coproduct from corn ethanol production, rich in fiber and protein. DDG is commonly used as animal feed, particularly for beef cattle.

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No. 4 (2023): C3-BIOECONOMY: Circular and Sustainable Bioeconomy
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Sérgio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho , UNICAMP, Brazil

Agricultural Engineer by UFRRJ (1981), Master in Agricultural Sciences by Unesp Botucatu (1985) with specialisation in Energy Applied to Agriculture and PhD in Economics by Unicamp (1993). He is a Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Policy at the Institute of Geosciences at Unicamp. He was Superintendent of Operational Planning at FINEP between 2001 and 2003, Director of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Unicamp between 2010 and 2013 and Director of the Institute of Geosciences at Unicamp between 2017 and 2021. He was a visiting researcher at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research between 2013 and 2014. At Unicamp, he is a three-time winner of the Zeferino Vaz Award (1998, 2001 and 2009), in recognition of his academic performance. He was deputy coordinator of evaluation at FAPESP between 2010 and 2020. His research interests are economics, planning and management of science, technology and innovation. He is the author of around 120 publications in journals, books and book chapters, and has supervised 50 postgraduate students at master's and doctoral level. Throughout his career he has coordinated more than 60 research and extension projects. These include support for the planning of public and private research organisations, evaluation of the results and impact of research and innovation policies and programmes of funds, development agencies and public and private organisations, and foresight and support for decision-making in science, technology and innovation.

Maicon Sbardella, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil

He has a degree in Animal Husbandry from the State University of Santa Catarina - UDESC, MBA in Agribusiness from PECEGE/USP and Master and PhD in Sciences (Animal Husbandry and Pastures) from the Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture - ESALQ / University of São Paulo - USP. He worked in the Technical Department of the Agricultural Industry Santa Cruz - INACRUZ (Bolivia) developing a commercial piglet feeding programme and providing technical assistance in swine and poultry farming. He worked as a Technical Nutrition Consultant at Cargill Alimentos / Nutron formulating diets and feeding programmes for pigs and developing solutions for pig nutrition. He is a collaborating professor in the specialisation course in Feed Production Technology at the Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC), teaching the subject Quality of Ingredients Suitable for Feed Mill Inputs. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT - University Campus of Sinop, holding the position of Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Animal Husbandry (January/2022 to date). He has experience in the area of Zootechnics, with emphasis on nutrition and feeding of non-ruminants/porcines.