Abstract

PEREZ-CRUZ, José R.  and  RAPPO-MIGUEZ, Susana E.. Environmental policy options to guarantee the sustainability of the sugar agroindustry in Puebla, México. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2016, vol.13, n.2, pp.193-216. ISSN 1870-5472.

With the aim of advancing in the analysis of its ecological footprint, aspects that make up the productive and value chain of the Sugar Agroindustry in Puebla are exposed, which begins with sugar cane production in the ejidos devoted to its cultivation, until obtaining sugar through the transformation process in sugar plants. This, with the aim of presenting the environmental problematic in the different moments of the production chain, and therefore visualize the options of environmental policy that tend to guarantee the sustainability of the agroindustry.

Keywords : sugar; productive chain; public policies; environmental problematic.