The paper studies the present situation of the biofuels industry in Uruguay and its possible perspectives. The development of this type of industry is a feasible option for the long run, in order to decrease the deep concentration of the energetic matrix and the high dependency from imported...

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo calcular la productividad del campo con el índice Proco (productividad de la cosecha de caña) y el índice Culco (cultivo - cosecha) de la caña entre 1981 y 2007 para el Valle del Cauca. Como resultado de esta investigación se observa que existe...

Liberalization of electricity industry has as its basic objective an increasing of efficiency. The investment decision in new generation capacity is especially relevant because the electricity supply is indispensable due to its utilization in the majority of the productive processes. In this...