Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil: um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho

The document examines how the mechanization of sugarcane cutting and planting, alongside new technologies and expanded ethanol exports, is altering the Brazilian sugarcane sector's structure and impacting employment. It highlights the risk of a 'social catastrophe' due to job losses and suggests using carbon market sales from carbon sequestration provided by mechanized harvesting to fund worker retirement or retraining.

• The Brazilian sugarcane sector is experiencing a concentration of production driven by the adoption of new technologies and the mechanization of planting and cutting, influenced in part by the opening of markets for ethanol exports.
• Technological shifts in the sector are creating significant labor market impacts, leading to discussions about how to prevent a social catastrophe resulting from the elimination of jobs.
• One proposed solution to mitigate job losses is to sell the carbon sequestration credits generated by mechanized harvesting on the carbon market to fund the retraining or retirement of sugarcane workers.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil: um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/mudancas-da-base-tecnologica-na-producao-canavieira-do-brasil-um-olhar-sobre-as-atuais-perspectivas-para-o-mercado-de-trabalho/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil: um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/mudancas-da-base-tecnologica-na-producao-canavieira-do-brasil-um-olhar-sobre-as-atuais-perspectivas-para-o-mercado-de-trabalho/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil: um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho |date=17 January 2025 |url=https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/mudancas-da-base-tecnologica-na-producao-canavieira-do-brasil-um-olhar-sobre-as-atuais-perspectivas-para-o-mercado-de-trabalho/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025mudanas, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil: um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/mudancas-da-base-tecnologica-na-producao-canavieira-do-brasil-um-olhar-sobre-as-atuais-perspectivas-para-o-mercado-de-trabalho/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }