Bioenergy and Food Security
| Africa: up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels The African continent is increasingly being seen as a source of agricultural land and natural resources for the rest of the world.National governments and private companies are obtaining access to land across the continent to... |
Aug 2010 |
| Algae-based biofuels: applications and co-products The possible competition for land makes it impossible to produce enough first generation biofuel to offset a large percentage of the total fuel consumption for transportation. As opposed to land-based biofuels produced from... |
Jul 2010 |
| Navigating bioenergy - Contributing to informed decision making on bioenergy issues Bioenergy has become one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing sectors of the global energy economy. Accelerated growth in the production and use of bioenergy in the past few years is attracting interest from policy makers and... |
Nov 2009 |
| Jatropha oil – The end of the biodiesel food vs fuel debate? Jatropha has been hailed as the high-productivity crop to replace food crops such as soy or rape as sources of vegetable oil for biodiesel.This article reviews how jatropha oil production has developed recently and assesses the... |
Jul 2009 |
| The market and food security implications of the development of biofuel production With the prospects of higher energy requirements in the longer term and the need for reducing GHG emission, biofuel production could be an important source of sustainable energy supply although it will only represent a small... |
Apr 2009 |
| Making sustainable biofuels work for smallholder farmers and rural households - Issues and perspectives In developing countries, liquid biofuel production (LBP) - particularly if small in scale – offers potential opportunities for poverty reduction and rural development, through the creation of both income-generating opportunities... |
2009 |
| Biofuels and food security - Implications of an accelerated biofuels production - Summary of the OFID study prepared by IIASA The year 2008 will perhaps be remembered as the defining moment when the world experienced the reality of the inter-linkages and interdependencies between food and energy. A number of factors including the adoption of mandatory... |
Mar 2009 |
| Thailand biofuels’ impact on food crops Biofuel consumption increased significantly in 2008 as petroleum prices reached a record high.The run-up in crude oil prices left gasohol and biodiesel as cheaper options for Thai consumers. Attractive prices for E10 (a mixture... |
Mar 2009 |
| EEA Signals 2009 - Key environmental issues facing Europe Signals is published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the start of each year and provides snapshot stories on issues of interest both to the environmental policy debate and the wider public for the upcoming year.The... |
Jan 2009 |
| The feeding of the nine billion: global food security for the 21st century Between mid-2007 and mid-2008, the issue of rising global food prices moved to the very forefront of the international political agenda. Tens of millions more people were pushed into hunger and poverty as a result; civil unrest... |
Jan 2009 |
