Productive inclusion of smallholder farmers in Brazil’s biodiesel value chain: Programme design, institutional incentives and stakeholder constraints
This case study analyzes a programme that was designed to promote the integration of Brazilian small farmers into a productive biodiesel value chain managed by Petrobras Biofuels, an oil producer. If successful, this policy would act as a sustainable rural economic development tool for poor regions in Brazil and a counterpoint to large industrial farms that help perpetuate rural inequality.