Technical and Economic Parameters of Sugarcane Straw Recovery: Baling and Integral Harvesting

Okuno, Fábio Makoto; Cardoso, Terezinha de Fátima; Duft, Daniel Garbellini; Luciano, Ana Cláudia dos Santos; Neves, J. L. M.; Soares, Caio César dos Santos Penteado; Leal, M. de L. da S.

doi:10.1007/s12155-019-10039-0

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“…Thus, in some cases, the use of straw in the initial stage of plant sprouting can be an alternative for the successful elimination of agronomic practices of leafhoppers. Straw plays an important role in soil conservation and bioenergy production (Okuno et al, 2019;Aquino, et al, 2018); and increases sugarcane yield Aquino, et al (2018). Carvalho et al (2019) stated that straw removal affects sugarcane yields in all soil types.…”

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“…During the 2020-2021 crop season, the reduction in sugarcane quality and productivity resulted in a monetary decrease for producers Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica, 2021); hence, sugarcane producers had difficulties in obtaining satisfactory income (Cardoso et al, 2019). In this case, drought and frost will occur in 2021 in the center-south region of Brazil.…”

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Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil

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Andrade

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The diversity in agronomic practices being used by sugarcane producers in Brazil determines differences in economic performance and cost structure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost of six systems of agronomic practices using fixed or variable rates for soil amendment, fertilizer, and defensive applications and assess the profitability of these systems at three scales of sugarcane production. We then describe the data sample related to the 2019–2020 harvest season and collected from fifty-five sugarcane producers in the central-south region of Brazil. Thereafter, using a quantitative approach, a cost analysis was performed, and the cumulative frequency of the net revenue for the three scales of production (small, medium, and large), was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost analysis indicated that fertilizer had the highest cost considering the agronomic practices adopted at the three scales of production analyzed. The cumulative frequency analysis results from the Monte Carlo simulation showed the highest net revenue per hectare for medium sugarcane producers. In addition, the presence of economies of scale was not confirmed because the lowest cost was found in small-scale sugarcane producers and the highest net revenue was obtained by medium-scale sugarcane producers.

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Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil

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Amorim

Andrade

et al. 2022

IJBA

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“…In countries like Brazil, sugarcane straw, composed mainly of sugarcane tops, secondary stalk, and leaves, is broadly used to produce bioenergy. − However, in Colombia, the same pathway has not been explored and more important is that the few studies available have focused only on sugarcane straw from traditional crops letting out of the scope residual biomass from organic crops. As the sugarcane industry is moving toward more sustainable practices, it is important to study the properties and advantages offered by organic products and by-products, like sugarcane straw.…”

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Sugarcane Straw Recovery for Bioenergy Generation: A Case of an Organic Farm in Colombia

2020

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In Latin America, the energy potential from sugarcane straw, such as tops, secondary stalk, and leaves, has been debated, but the literature associated with organic crops and its implementation for energy purposes is limited. Sugarcane straw is either left in the field for soil recovery or used for animal feed. This paper presents an analysis of using organic sugarcane straw for energy generation. We have characterized the physicochemical properties of this organic sugarcane straw, including caloric value, moisture, carbon, and ash content, and have explored the environmental benefits of using biomass to replace coal as an energy source. The study showed that it is possible to achieve the replacement of coal using 16% of the residual biomass, with the benefit of generating lower CO 2 emissions compared to coal combustion. Additionally, emissions derived from transporting the biomass from the field to the farm are 68% lower than those involved in transporting coal. The residual biomass from the organic crop showed similar properties relative to bagasse. The use of organic sugarcane straw biomass will result in the reduction of energy costs and will generate green energy with lower emission of CO 2 .

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“…Outside Brazil, a considerable number of studies have carried out spatially explicit assessments to quantify bioelectricity potentials based on biomass residues [30,46,[70][71][72]. In Brazil, apart from aggregated studies [65,67], recent studies started to include field specific data to quantify technical and technoeconomic potential of sugarcane straw and bioelectricity [73][74][75]. However, the impact of the spatial distribution of supply chain components (i.e.…”

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Mapping environmental and techno-economic bioenergy potentials of Brazil

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Technical and Economic Parameters of Sugarcane Straw Recovery: Baling and Integral Harvesting

Cited by 16 publications

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Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil

Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil

Sugarcane Straw Recovery for Bioenergy Generation: A Case of an Organic Farm in Colombia

Mapping environmental and techno-economic bioenergy potentials of Brazil

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