Biofuels in the search of alternatives to family farming: initiatives and expectations of COOPERBIO in the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul

Biofuels production might represent a new opportunity to Brazilian small family farmers. This article explores this issue in a study about the Cooperativa Mista de Produção, Industrialização e Comercialização de Biocombustíveis do Brasil Ltda. (COOPERBIO), created in 2005 by rural social movements i...

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Main Authors: Hoyêdo Nunes Lins, Rinald Bassi
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2010-10-01
Series:Textos de Economia
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/economia/article/view/15707