Avaliação sistêmica dos impactos sociais da produção da soja para biocombustíveis na região central do estado do Tocantins

Abstract

The current energy crisis reaches all axes of society and points to a change in the use and dependence on fossil fuels. The current form points to the shortage of this energy source and at the same time points to the development of other sources of power generation. Among these sources, is biodiesel made from vegetable oil where soy is emerging as raw - material used in the central region of Tocantins? In this context, Brazil has stood out through the National Program for Production and Use of Biodiesel (NPPB). However, the generation of biodiesel from vegetable oil, as well as other forms of energy, generates socioeconomic and environmental impacts both positive and negative. These impacts affect the company directly and indirectly, and sometimes unknown or ignored by the actors involved. In this sense, the present dissertation aims, through systems thinking, analyzing the social impacts generated from the installation of a biodiesel plant and fuel production taking as raw - material of soybean oil. To achieve this purpose, a survey was conducted of bibliographic data, interviews with the actors involved and built a systemic structure. As a result, found the social impacts have been diagnosed through direct and inversely proportional relation between variables diagnosed during interviews and the literature review. The application of systems thinking to identify the social impact was efficient as it allowed a view of relations between the found impact and not just a superficial observation