Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, institutions and policies
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Deepayan Debnath, Suresh Babu (ed.). Elsevier, 2019, 290p. Paperback ISBN: 9780128039540, eBook ISBN: 9780128039816

Transferring information on bioenergy economy through the discussion of the current and emerging biofuel market, country specific case studies explain the existing biofuel policy and its consequences to both the energy and agricultural markets. Economic simulation models explain the future of the bioenergy markets.

Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies is an invaluable resource to the students, scientific community, policy makers, and investors in the bioenergy industry. Students will benefit from a variety of perspectives on major societal questions in context of the interaction between food security and bioenergy. Its review of existing literature on the biofuel marker, investment opportunities, and energy independence provides a broad overview to allow informed decision making regarding the industry.  

Key Features:

  • - Provides an integrated overview of the world biofuel market by country, including a summary of the existing biofuel policies, role of investment opportunities, and rural development potential
  • - Discusses the impact of biofuels on efforts by developing countries to become more energy self-sufficient
  • - Examines the environmental consequences of biomass-based biofuel use.