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This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the Makeni bioenergy project in Sierra Leone, developed by Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (ABSL). It analyzes the project's impact on rural transformation, focusing on how a large-scale agro-industrial investment affects livelihoods, infrastructure, and socio-economic conditions in a region characterized by high poverty and limited government capacity.

This case study examines the economic and operational impact of adopting precision drone spraying for an 80-hectare smallholder sugarcane cooperative in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Comparing drone services to traditional tractor-mounted boom sprayers, the document details significant reductions in costs, chemical use, and labour, alongside increases in crop yield and sugar content.

This report analyzes the impact of the 'Green-Blue County Program' on forest cover in 28 selected counties in São Paulo State, Brazil, amidst the expansion of sugarcane plantations. Using multiple and simple linear regression models, the study examines whether this voluntary environmental policy effectively prevents deforestation caused by the growth of the biofuels industry between 2005 and 2009.

This report examines the environmental impacts of land use change (LUC) in the La Plata Basin, with a specific focus on the Brazilian Cerrado. It analyzes how the expansion of international commodities, forestry, cattle ranching, and biofuel crops—particularly sugarcane—affects soil carbon stocks and overall soil quality. The document highlights the role of agricultural technology in enabling this expansion and evaluates different management practices, such as no-tillage and the elimination of pre-harvest burning, to mitigate carbon loss and soil degradation.