Economic indicators for ethanol production from starch crops under different irrigation managements
ABSTRACT The study aims to quantify the production costs of maize and sorghum crops under rainfed and irrigated conditions for the generation of ethanol and to evaluate the economic feasibility in different scenarios of marketing price. Two experiments were carried out in the years 2019/2020 and 202...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista brasileira de engenharia agrícola e ambiental 2022-09, Vol.26 (9), p.640-648 |
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Zusammenfassung: | ABSTRACT The study aims to quantify the production costs of maize and sorghum crops under rainfed and irrigated conditions for the generation of ethanol and to evaluate the economic feasibility in different scenarios of marketing price. Two experiments were carried out in the years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, in an experimental area at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. The experiment was in strip plots, in a randomized block design and four replicates. Three irrigation depths, 0, 50 and 100% of the reference evapotranspiration (ETo), as first factor, and two maize cultivars and one grain sorghum cultivar as second factor, using 45 scenarios. The use of full irrigation (100% of ETo) reduces the production costs of the liter of ethanol by 15 and 17.89% and increases ethanol production by 44.18 and 48.25% for maize and grain sorghum crops, respectively. For the market price of R$ 2.00 L-1, the grain sorghum does not show good performance, with negative net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). The sale price of R$ 4.00 L-1 and full irrigation is the best economic scenario, with values of NPV of R$ 90,356.93, IRR of 33.83%, benefit/cost ratio (B/C) of 2.28, profitability index (PI) of 3.99 and payback of three years. Maize is economically viable for ethanol production in all scenarios. Full irrigation and market price of R$ 4.00 L-1 represent the best economic scenario, with mean values for NPV of R$ 204,381.68, IRR of 63.35%, B/C of 2.96, PI of 8.67 and payback of 1.58 years, among the cultivars.
RESUMO O estudo visa quantificar os custos de produção das culturas de milho e sorgo em condições de sequeiro e irrigado para a geração de etanol, e avaliar a viabilidade econômica em diferentes cenários de preço de comercialização. Foram realizados dois experimentos nos anos de 2019/2020 e 2020/2021, em área experimental da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS. O delineamento experimental foi em faixas, com blocos ao acaso e quatro repetições. Foram avaliadas três lâminas de irrigação: 0, 50 e 100% da evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) como o primeiro fator, e duas cultivares de milho e uma de sorgo granífero como o segundo fator, sendo utilizados 45 cenários. O uso da irrigação plena (100% de ETo) reduz os custos de produção do litro de etanol em 15 e 17,89% e aumenta a produção de etanol em 44,18 e 48,25% para as culturas de milho e sorgo, respectivamente. Para o preço de mercado de R$ 2,00 L-1, o sorg |
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ISSN: | 1415-4366 1807-1929 1807-1929 |
DOI: | 10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v26n9p640-648 |