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Biofuel cropping systems : carbon, land and food /

This book highlights land-use dynamics, cultivation practices related to conversion, and wider impacts. It explores how biofuel production chain development is steered by emerging technologies and management practices, and how both can be influenced by effective policies designed to encourage sustai...

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Group Author: Langeveld, J. W. A.; Dixon, John (John Mezies); Keulen, H. van.
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Energy crops.
Biomass energy.
Sustainable agriculture.
Alternative agriculture.
Summary: This book highlights land-use dynamics, cultivation practices related to conversion, and wider impacts. It explores how biofuel production chain development is steered by emerging technologies and management practices, and how both can be influenced by effective policies designed to encourage sustainable biofuel production.
Carrier Form: xix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780415539531 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
0415539536 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Index Number: SB288
CLC: TK6
Call Number: TK6/B615-36
Contents: General introduction / J.W.A Langeveld, H. Van Keulen and J. Dixon -- Land cover and land use / J.W.A Langeveld -- Input use and crop production / J.W.A. Langeveld, H. Van Keulen and S. Delany -- Assessing greenhouse gas emissions / J.W.A. Langeveld -- How land rights influence the social impacts of biomass production / Th. Hilhorst -- Biofuel production in Brazil / J.W.A. Langeveld and P.M.F. Quist-Wessel -- Biofuel production in the USA / J.W.A. Langeveld, P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. Croezen -- Biofuel production in the EU / J.W.A. Langeveld, P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. Croezen -- Sugar beet ethanol in the EU / K.W. Jaggard and B. Townsend -- Oil palm biodiesel in the Far East / J.W.A. Langeveld, P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. Croezen -- Biofuel production in southern Africa / P.M.F. Quist-Wessel, J.W.A. Langeveld, M. Van Den Berg and W.J. Leonardo -- Biofuel production in China / J.W.A. Langeveld, J. Dixon and H. Van Keulen -- Lignocellulosic crops / E. Maletta and M.V. Lasorella -- Bioenergy production from waste agricultural biomass / P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and J.W.A. Langeveld -- Impact on land and biomass availability / J.W.A. Langeveld, J. Dixon and H. Van Keulen -- Outlook / J.W.A. Langeveld, H. Van Keulen and J. Dixon.

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