The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution: Food, Feed, Fuel, and Forests

by Walter P Falcon, Rosamond L Naylor, Derek Byerlee, et al.

Global production of soybeans and palm oil has increased enormously in the tropics over the last two decades. The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers in their production; their economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050.

The planting of these crops is controversial because they are often sown on formerly forested or savanna lands, rely on large farmers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190222980
• ISBN13: 9780190222987
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"