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Two exclusive papers on social, communitarian issues for the Brazilian sugarcane
This paper provides a contemporary and critical assessment of the development being fostered in the Brazilian sugarcane industry. It looks in particular at the effects that the rapid expansion, modernisation and consolidation of the industry have had on labour and peasants in the country – groups of people often overlooked in a debate marked more by global environmental and food security concerns – and offers three key insights. First, it maps out the markets into which sugarcane has been sold, and through this shows how the discourse of environmentalism and food security have fed into state rhetoric on the industry and in doing so deflected attention away from the employment and self-sufficiency of the rural poor.
Brazilian sugarcane - Discussion paper - pdf 603.3 kb - English
Social Report Brazil 2009 - pdf 854 kb - English