Consumo de energia, emissões de co2 e a geração de renda e emprego no agronegócio brasileiro: uma análise insumo–produto

Abstract

The article evaluates the structure of Brazilian agribusiness in their components such as income, employment, sectorial energy consumption, and CO2 emissions. An energy matrix with 56 consumer sectors compatible with the 56 sectors of Brazil presented by MIP for 2009 was estimated, which enabled the measurement of agribusiness in economic and physical units. It was found that agribusiness accounts for 21.26% of GDP, 31.93% of the jobs, 34.72% of energy consumption, and 40.96% of CO2 emissions. The physical-economic indicators show that energy consumption and CO2 emissions in agribusiness are larger than the national average; in particular, it highlights the agricultural industry as the aggregate proportion that emits more CO2 per unit of currency in the country, per worker, and per energy consumption. However, it was found that the agribusiness uses "clean" energy (11.14% for electricity) and mainly renewable energy (80.53% for sugarcane products, firewood and other primary sources)