AreaBrazil

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityBiodiesel

Date01/08/2019

Policy CategoryRenewable energy

Policy InstrumentBiofuel policy

DescriptionIncreased the number of small farmer cooperatives that may qualify as suppliers of raw materials to the biodiesel industry. The measure was expected to lift the number of family farms participating in the country’s biodiesel production chain to more than 100 000.

NotesSince 2005, Brazil’s social procurement programme (known as ‘Selo Combust