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Abstract
During almost all the history of Minas Gerais State, its sugarcane production
always presented as complementary to other major economy activities, both inside the state
and in other Central-Southern regions in Brazil. From the nineties onwards, the sugarcane
activity presented a significant economic importance for the state, with the occupation
of the savanna of Minas Gerais and attracting investments. This state began to have a
prominence occupation in the ethanol and sugar production in Brazil. Specifically in Minas
Gerais State cities, many aspects can attract the installation of mills and distilleries, with
economic, social and environmental advantages and disadvantages. This paper verifies the
evolution of the sugarcane agroindustry in Minas Gerais and the elements which have
encouraged the location of mills and distilleries in some counties. With a multivariate
logistic regression analysis, it was found that the yield, the access to water resources, the land concentration, leased agriculture properties, the availability of formal workforce and the higher income of this
workforce are aspects that have determined the presence of mills and distilleries in Minas Gerais cities, which can
result in beneficial or harmful effects that should be verified in future studies.