Author(s): MIURA, A. K.; FORMAGGIO, A. R.; SHIMABUKURO, Y. E.; LUIZ, A. J. B.; ANJOS, S. D. dos

Summary: Despite a kind of euphoria represented by the biomass farming to energy and its transformation into biofuels, it must weigh up the suitability and the convenience of the conversion of arable land and the new agricultural frontiers in areas intended for agroenergy, not only in economic and agronomic terms, but also considering the commitments of environmental and social sustainability. In this scenario, the agroenergy planning has a great importance for the tropical developing countries, like Brazil. Thus, this article aims to present an objective and semiautomatic method, based on geotechnologies, which could be applied to a given region of interest to return the available areas with potential to energy crops. As a result, is presented a map of three micro regions of Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil), where this approach was tested, for identifying and quantifying the territories at different levels of agroenergetic potential.

Publication year: 2011

Types of publication: Paper in annals and proceedings

Unit: Embrapa Environment

Keywords: Agroenergia, Biomassa, Geographic information systems, Geotecnologia, Land use planning, Planejamento agrícola, Planejamento territorial, Remote sensing, Sensoriamento remoto, Sistema de Informação Geográfica