The State Of Oil Palm Development In The Brazilian Amazon Trends Value Chain Dynamics And Business Models

Author : Frederico Brandão
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
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Download or read book The state of oil palm development in the Brazilian Amazon: Trends, value chain dynamics, and business models written by Frederico Brandão and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the Brazilian government has actively promoted oil palm in the Amazon biome as an alternative biodiesel feedstock to soy. Because of oil palm’s comparatively high productivity, it places less demand on land than soy and could thereby contribute to reducing pressure on the Amazonian forest. Although oil palm has long been a leading driver of deforestation and social conflict in major producer countries in Southeast Asia, the Brazilian government has put in place a number of mechanisms to ensure oil palm is cultivated sustainably and the sector is inclusive of the rural poor. Through research conducted in Brazil’s leading palm oil producing state of Pará, this paper analyzes the evolution and dynamics of the Brazilian palm oil value chain and the economic, environmental and social challenges faced by the sector. In so doing, it shows that under the right institutional and regulatory conditions, the palm oil sector can expand sustainably and inclusively within forested ecosystems. This though translates into considerably higher production costs for producers, thus undermining the international competitiveness of the Brazilian palm oil sector.

Author : Frederico Brandão
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Author : Frederico Brandão
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The state of oil palm development in the Brazilian Amazon: Trends, value chain dynamics, and business models written by Frederico Brandão and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the Brazilian government has actively promoted oil palm in the Amazon biome as an alternative biodiesel feedstock to soy. Because of oil palm’s comparatively high productivity, it places less demand on land than soy and could thereby contribute to reducing pressure on the Amazonian forest. Although oil palm has long been a leading driver of deforestation and social conflict in major producer countries in Southeast Asia, the Brazilian government has put in place a number of mechanisms to ensure oil palm is cultivated sustainably and the sector is inclusive of the rural poor. Through research conducted in Brazil’s leading palm oil producing state of Pará, this paper analyzes the evolution and dynamics of the Brazilian palm oil value chain and the economic, environmental and social challenges faced by the sector. In so doing, it shows that under the right institutional and regulatory conditions, the palm oil sector can expand sustainably and inclusively within forested ecosystems. This though translates into considerably higher production costs for producers, thus undermining the international competitiveness of the Brazilian palm oil sector.

Author : Brandão, F.
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strengthening social inclusion within oil palm contract farming in the Brazilian Amazon written by Brandão, F. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key messages Despite its promotion of contract farming (widely considered to be a relatively pro-poor approach to agribusiness expansion), Brazil's Sustainable Palm Oil Production Program (SPOPP) cannot be considered to be an inclusiv

Author : Jonathan E. Robins
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469662906
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil Palm written by Jonathan E. Robins and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil palms are ubiquitous—grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from lipstick and soap to margarine and cookies. And as Jonathan E. Robins shows, sweeping social transformations carried the plant around the planet. First brought to the global stage in the holds of slave ships, palm oil became a quintessential commodity in the Industrial Revolution. Imperialists hungry for cheap fat subjugated Africa's oil palm landscapes and the people who worked them. In the twentieth century, the World Bank promulgated oil palm agriculture as a panacea to rural development in Southeast Asia and across the tropics. As plantation companies tore into rainforests, evicting farmers in the name of progress, the oil palm continued its rise to dominance, sparking new controversies over trade, land and labor rights, human health, and the environment. By telling the story of the oil palm across multiple centuries and continents, Robins demonstrates how the fruits of an African palm tree became a key commodity in the story of global capitalism, beginning in the eras of slavery and imperialism, persisting through decolonization, and stretching to the present day.

Author : Case Watkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108478824
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palm Oil Diaspora written by Case Watkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An environmental history and political ecology of palm oil in colonial Brazil, the African diaspora, and the Atlantic World.

Author : Deepayan Debnath
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128039817
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security written by Deepayan Debnath and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular ‘Food versus Fuel’ debates, discussing the complex relationship between the biofuel and agricultural markets. From the importance of bioenergy in the context of climate change, to the potentially positive environmental consequences of growing second generation biofuels crops, this book provides important insights into the impact of policy, the technical implementation and the resulting impact of biofuels. The discussion of existing issues hindering the growth of the cellulosic biofuel industry and their remedies are particularly relevant for policy makers and others associated with the biofuel industry. Transferring information on bioenergy economy through the discussion of the current and emerging biofuel market, country specific case studies explain the existing biofuel policy and its consequences to both the energy and agricultural markets. Economic simulation models explain the future of the bioenergy markets. Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies is an invaluable resource to the students, scientific community, policy makers, and investors in the bioenergy industry. Students will benefit from a variety of perspectives on major societal questions in context of the interaction between food security and bioenergy. Its review of existing literature on the biofuel marker, investment opportunities, and energy independence provides a broad overview to allow informed decision making regarding the industry. Provides an integrated overview of the world biofuel market by country, including a summary of the existing biofuel policies, role of investment opportunities, and rural development potential Discusses the impact of biofuels on efforts by developing countries to become more energy self-sufficient Examines the environmental consequences of biomass-based biofuel use.

Author : Steven Bittle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351815369
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revisiting Crimes of the Powerful written by Steven Bittle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Pearce was the first scholar to use the term 'crimes of the powerful.' His ground-breaking book of the same name provided insightful critiques of liberal orthodox criminology, particularly in relation to labelling theory and symbolic interactionism, while making important contributions to Marxist understandings of the complex relations between crime, law and the state in the reproduction of the capitalist social order. Historically, crimes of the powerful were largely neglected in crime and deviance studies, but there is now an important and growing body of work addressing this gap. This book brings together leading international scholars to discuss the legacy of Frank Pearce’s book and his work in this area, demonstrating the invaluable contributions a critical Marxist framework brings to studies of corporate and state crimes, nationally, internationally and on a global scale. This book is neither a hagiography, nor a review of random areas of social scientific interest. Instead, it draws together a collection of scholarly and original articles which draw upon and critically interrogate the continued significance of the approach pioneered in Crimes of the Powerful. The book traces the evolution of crimes of the powerful empirically and theoretically since 1976, shows how critical scholars have integrated new theoretical insights derived from post-structuralism, feminism and critical race studies and offers perspectives on how the crimes of the powerful - and the enormous, ongoing destruction they cause - can be addressed and resisted.

Author : Brandão, F.
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strengthening social inclusion within oil palm contract farming in the Brazilian Amazon written by Brandão, F. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key messages Despite its promotion of contract farming (widely considered to be a relatively pro-poor approach to agribusiness expansion), Brazil's Sustainable Palm Oil Production Program (SPOPP) cannot be considered to be an inclusiv

Author : Sérgio Margulis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821356913
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon written by Sérgio Margulis and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This title studies the role of cattle ranching its dynamic and profitability in the expansion of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. It provides a social evaluation of deforestation in this region and presents and compares a number of different scenarios and proposed recommendations.