Análisis beneficio/costo de los aspectos relevantes de la producción de agrocombustibles en cultivos de caña de azúcar del valle geográfico del río Cauca

Abstract

The purposes of this work were to identify the socio-economic and environmental aspects of the agrofuel generating companies in the Cauca river Valley and the benefit / cost analysis. The information was obtained from the environmental sustainability reports of the year 2015 presented by the six agrofuel producers of the Cauca river Valley. The main socioeconomic impacts of the agrofuel producing activity in the Cauca River geographic ValLey are the generation of employment, education and sports that they provide to the family of workers and the affected community. Among the negative impacts are the contamination with agrochemicals and the biodiversity affectation in the ecosystems and natural protection areas adjacent to the companies. The general investment in social responsibility and the social component is equivalent to 3.3% of the total production costs, the utility is 13% and the benefit / cost ratio is 1.3.