Innovation and the production of sugarcane ethanol/Inovacao e a producao do etanol de cana-de- acucar/Innovacion y produccion de etanol de cana de azucar

The objective was to verify in the literature how researchers are evaluating innovation in the production of ethanol from sugarcane and answer the question: how are innovation processes being approached for the production of ethanol from sugarcane? For this purpose, searches were carried out in the ScienceDirect database, using the words "ethanol and innovation" and "sugarcane and innovation". 135 articles were found and 14 articles common to both searches were detected, reducing it to 121 articles. After this first evaluation, the titles were read to check whether they fit the object of the study. This filter defined 42 articles selected for evaluation. The 42 articles were separated by objectives and classified into biorefineries (3 articles), investments (3), public policies (7), production processes (12), companies (5), reasons for innovation (6), feasibility and barriers (6). Suggestions were presented for strategies that should be adopted for the development of innovation processes; warnings about process uncertainty and insights into how, for example, biofuels can make important contributions to rural economic development and greater sustainability; public biofuel policies affected R&D; The sugar-energy sector presents a rigid environment for innovation, among others. Keywords: Ethanol. Sugarcane. Innovation. Public Policies. Biofuels. O objetivo foi verificar na literatura como os pesquisadores estao avaliando a inovacao na producao de etanol proveniente da cana-de-acucar e responder a questao: como estao sendo abordados os processos de inovacao para a producao de etanol de cana-de-acucar? Para tanto, foram realizadas pesquisas na base de dados ScienceDirect, utilizando-se as palavras "ethanol and innovation" e "sugarcane and innovation". Foram encontrados 135 artigos e detectados 14 artigos comuns as duas pesquisas, reduzindo-se para 121 artigos. Apos essa primeira avaliacao, foram lidos os titulos para verificar se estes se enquadravam no objeto do estudo. Esse filtro definiu 42 artigos selecionados para avaliacao. Os 42 artigos foram separados por objetivos e classificados em biorrefinarias (3 artigos), investimentos (3), politicas publicas (7), processos produtivos (12), empresas (5), motivos para inovacao (6), viabilidade e barreiras (6). Foram apresentadas sugestoes para estrategias que deverao ser adotadas para o desenvolvimento de processos de inovacao; alertas sobre a incerteza do processo e constatacoes, tal como os biocombustiveis, podem