STATE POLICIES IN SUGARCANE SECTOR STATE POLICIES IN SUGARCANE SECTOR

Abstract

Much is discussed in relation to sugarcane expansion in Brazil and how this production is seen as a way of solving the problems related to the brazilian energy matrix. Ethanol is considered a renewable energy option, replacing the oil, which makes its production is State encouraged. Accordingly, the work aims to present the main State policies on sugarcane sector and its objectives to the spread of ethanol. We focus on the performance of these policies in the Minas Gerais state, where the middle region of Triangulo Mineiro/Alto Parnaiba concentrates the main plants in the state. Leaving the sugarcane agroindustrial development and the successive crises in this scenario, we seek to finally show the current configuration of the sugarcane sector, its advances and setbacks in the national scene.