Biofuels and food security

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA
The Opec Fund for International Development, OFID

[2009]

333.953
I255b

Overview, current status and global trends. Biofuels types and processing technology. Biofuel policy and support regimes. Biofuel development strategies. Biofuels technologies. Biofuels and sustainable development issues. Biofuels crops. Feedstocks for sugar based ethanol. Feedstocks for starch based ethanol. Feedstocks for vegetable oil based biodiesel. Second - generation biofuels. Biofuels, food security and environment impacts. Overview of biofuel escenarios. Impacts of first - generation biofuels on agriculture and food security. Impacts of first - generation biofuels development on the environment.

BIOCOMBUSTIBLES; ALIMENTOS; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE;