Biofuels, Food Security, and Developing Economies

by Nazia Mintz-Habib

Book Overview

The last decade has witnessed major crises in both food and energy security across the world. One response to the challenges of climate change and energy supply has been the development of crops to be used for biofuels. But, as this book shows, this can divert agricultural land from food production to energy crops, thus affecting food security, particularly in less developed countries.

The author analyses the extent to which biofuels feedstocks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138588911
• ISBN13: 9781138588912
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"