Estreliana, in Pernambuco, is the first plant in the country that only monitors these procedures, the opposite of what happens in other industrial units in the state and within the national territory. After being the first state to reopen closed plants in Brazil, through the initiative of sugarcane suppliers, three years ago, at the height of the crisis in the sugar-energy sector, the first of its kind returns to Pernambuco, having the first plant in the country where production procedures Weighing and analyzing the quality of the sugarcane is carried out by an entity in the sugarcane sector. The process, which evaluates the sugar content, is essential for defining the value of the raw material supplied by farmers. The Estreliana plant, in Ribeirão, transferred these steps to technicians from the State Sugarcane Suppliers Association (AFCP) since the beginning of the current harvest.
“The initiative is the result of an experimental agreement between AFCP and the Estreliana plant”, says Alexandre Andrade Lima, president of the sugarcane workers' trade body, who maintain a prepared technical team in the weighing sectors and in the plant's laboratory 24 hours a day. . The results have generated great satisfaction for sugarcane suppliers and the industrial unit itself, as it has encouraged farmers to supply their sugarcane locally, because the innovation confers legitimacy on those involved in the weighing and sugar rate analysis stages. recoverable assets (ATR).
The largest portion of the sugarcane processed by the industrial unit comes from independent producers in the region. Estreliana crushed 500 thousand tons in the last harvest. Andrade Lima, who also presides over the Nordestina Union of Sugarcane Producers and the Association of Sugarcane Planters in Brazil, congratulates the unit for its attitude, which brings greater credibility and strengthens the entire production chain. Lima takes the opportunity to suggest that the agreement between the Estreliana plant and AFCP be maintained for the next harvest, as well as that other plants in Pernambuco and Brazil follow the same example of good practices, which is essential for the entire national sugar-energy sector.
Source: Agrolink with advisory information
