Along with a growing global ethanol market, investment in the production of sugarcane is growing, targeting new … sugarcane and (large-scale) ethanol. The sector is highly concentrated. More recently, however, small ethanol distilleries have … come up. The related production systems integrate small-scale sugarcane growing and alcohol processing in different ways …

In this paper, we study various key structural features of sugarcane production and sugar mills in Mexico. Regarding … the production of sugarcane: (a) we document a U-shaped relationship between the size of sugarcane cultivation plots and … sugarcane affects negatively the quality of this crop. With respect to sugar mills, we find that those mills that are able to …

agricultural commodities, specifically corn and sugarcane, using the multivariate diagonal BEKK conditional volatility model. The … market, there were significant negative co-volatility spillover effects, specifically corn on subsequent sugarcane co …-volatility with corn, and sugarcane on subsequent corn co-volatility with sugarcane. In the other 4 cases, there are no significant co …

bargaining power in processes of changing land control and land use. I analyze the effects of the transformation of the sugarcane … and expansion of sugarcane production and foremost the mechanization of the harvest. Theoretically the analysis is based …

. Taking the case of sugarcane, it explores the potential to expand production, through exploring both biophysical factors and …

fertilization, they should be highly productive. We suggest that sugarcane is the crop most easily mobilized for biofuel. A number …