Análise da composição de custo logístico na produção de biodiesel de soja no Tocantins

Abstract

Energy is the main resource for the development of a society, being a constant target of the search for economy of the costs of its production, minimizing the environmental impacts. Thus, there is a constant need to use renewable sources in the production of this energy, improving production practices. Among these, biodiesel production has become the key element for the sustainable development of society. Such a change in energy production requires the skills and logistic connections, indicating when, how and where are the most feasible the production, transportation and use of the raw material for the production of clean and renewable energy. This research aimed to find the main variables that make up the cost of the logistic system in soybean production, the main raw material for biodiesel in the state of Tocantins, to quantify and analyze them. It is a documentary research, aiming to expand knowledge and contextualize them with the reality found in Tocantins, using data obtained through documents provided by CONAB and research on published articles, mainly. The estimation of soybean production, the variables involved in production and its costs, presented in the results, point out the need to carry out an economic evaluation of the production of biodiesel from the preparation of the soybean crop until the production of the oil obtained by the crushing of these grains.