SÃO PAULO SUGAR CANE AND ITS RICHES
Here we plant good business The state of SĂŁo Paulo was a pioneer in the cultivation and the processing of sugar cane in Brazil. And it maintains its leadership, national and global, in this sector which is a reference for productivity and sustainability, whether it be in the production of sugar, ethanol and bioenergy or in the development of new products and wealth, guaranteeing excellence in all its production cycles. Researches, new technologies, development, employment and exportation, supplying an increasingly promising global trade.
900 thousand
people dedicated to the sector
300 thousand formal jobs
Management technology 2
6.2 million
hectares planted
55% of Brazil’s sugar cane cultivation area
78.6% of the state of São Paulo’s municipalities
162 factories installed
(43% of brazilian factories) Soil quality
Favorable climate Applied research: technology and innovation
Genetic improvement 3
Here you reap the best results SĂŁo Paulo: the second largest productivity in the world
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333 million tons of sugar cane
One of the largest producers of ethanol in the world
16 billion litres
16%
of the world production of fuel ethanol
Larger than the European Union, China and Canada combined
The third largest producer of sugar in the world
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million tons 4
9%
of the world total
Only behind of Brazil and India, and ahead of Thailand, China and the United States
Bioelectricity In 2018, São Paulo produced 44% of the total biomass energy in Brazil
São Paulo’s agribusiness exportations
Sucroenergetic Complex
US$ 4.99 billion
Meat
US$ 2.13
Juices
US$ 1.96
Forest Products
US$ 1.88
Soybean Complex
US$ 1.72
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Environment
Sustainability
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Agroenvironmental protocol for São Paulo: environmental gains •• 200 thousand hectares of riparian forest protected •• 38 million native vegetation seedlings planted •• 98.5% of the harvesting already mechanized •• Reduction of pollution emission •• 40% decrease in water consumption in industrial processing •• Greater reduction of greenhouse gases in relation to other raw materials
•• State agroecological zoning •• Sustainable planning, biological control and crop rotation •• Fertigation: sugar subproducts to improve the soil •• Bioelectricity: the first renewable energy source in São Paulo •• The consumption of 12 billion litres of ethanol in the state, 51% of the national volume
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Research and studies: innovation SĂŁo Paulo: the brazilian center of applied technology and the base industry. Nine institutes for exclusive study and research:
CTC
Sugar Cane Technology Center
IAC
Agronomic Institute of Campinas
CTBE
National Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory
BIOEN
Bioenergy Research
PTP
Technological Park of Piracicaba Bioenergy and Sustainability
NAPBS Support and Research Nucleus
IB IEA ITAL
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Biological Institute Institute of Agricultural Economics Institute of Food Technology
The future today
Technological and scientific research: new applications Biodegradable plastic (PHB)
Lubricants and fuel oils Production of concrete and plaster
Detergents
Cosmetics
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