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Situação atual e perspectivas do biodiesel no Estado do Tocantins

  • Abraham Damian Giraldo Zuniga,
  • Aécio Alves Andrade,
  • Giani Raquel dos Santos Resplandes Gouvêa,
  • Laila Cristina Gonçalves Silva Amaral,
  • Layanne Ferreira Sodré,
  • Thiago Silva Novais,
  • Aroldo Arévalo Pinedo,
  • Aroldo Arévalo Pinedo,
  • Carla Francisa de Sousa Vieira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2014v1n1p263
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 263 – 278

Abstract

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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.

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