Article: Sustainability evaluation of the national programme of biodiesel use and production: comparative analysis: Quixadá Hub (Ceará) and Central Hub (Rio Grande do Sul) Journal: International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD) 2011 Vol.10 No.4 pp.345 - 363 Abstract: This article analysed the conditioners of sustainability that can be related to family farmers involved in the production of raw material for the Brazil's National Programme for Biodiesel Use and Production (PNBP) in the Quixadá Hub (Ceará) and in the Central Hub (Rio Grande do Sul). The PNPB, officially launched in Brazil in 2004 with the goals of building a sustainable programme, fostering social inclusion, and providing added income to farmers, was innovative in instituting the social fuel label as a tool for sustainable family farming. The reference used to define the conditioners was the systemic analysis of Brazil's formal institutional framework. Surveys were conducted at a castor bean hub located in Ceará State's Central hinterlands and at soybean hub in the central area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Results allowed the conclusion that the PNPB provided new opportunities for the family farmers of the regions studied, evidenced through the presentation of sustainability conditioners. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Sustainability evaluation of the national programme of biodiesel use and production: comparative analysis: Quixadá Hub (Ceará) and Central Hub (Rio Grande do Sul)

Authors: Flavia Trentini; Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes

Addresses: School of Law of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Rua Aymar Baptista Prado, 835, 14040-906 - Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. ' School of Business Administration, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 908 sala C16, 05508-010 - São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Abstract: This article analysed the conditioners of sustainability that can be related to family farmers involved in the production of raw material for the Brazil's National Programme for Biodiesel Use and Production (PNBP) in the Quixadá Hub (Ceará) and in the Central Hub (Rio Grande do Sul). The PNPB, officially launched in Brazil in 2004 with the goals of building a sustainable programme, fostering social inclusion, and providing added income to farmers, was innovative in instituting the social fuel label as a tool for sustainable family farming. The reference used to define the conditioners was the systemic analysis of Brazil's formal institutional framework. Surveys were conducted at a castor bean hub located in Ceará State's Central hinterlands and at soybean hub in the central area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Results allowed the conclusion that the PNPB provided new opportunities for the family farmers of the regions studied, evidenced through the presentation of sustainability conditioners.

Keywords: biodiesel; castor beans; soy beans; National Programme for Biodiesel Use and Production; PNBP; sustainability; institutional framework; family farmers; Brazil; sustainable development; biofuels; raw materials; social inclusion; sustainable farming; sustainable agriculture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2011.047770

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2011 Vol.10 No.4, pp.345 - 363

Received: 26 Jan 2011
Accepted: 09 Jan 2012
Published online: 21 Feb 2015 *

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Title: Sustainability evaluation of the national programme of biodiesel use and production: comparative analysis: Quixadá Hub (Ceará) and Central Hub (Rio Grande do Sul)

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