Title Biofuel cropping systems : carbon, land and food / edited by J. W. A. Langeveld, John Dixon and Herman van Keulen

Edition First edition Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014

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Description xix, 274 pages ; 24 cm 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Energy crops. Biomass energy. Sustainable agriculture. Alternative agriculture. Author Langeveld, Hans, editor of compilation Dixon, John (John Mezies), editor of compilation Keulen, H. van, editor of compilation LC no. 2013014094 ISBN 9780415539531 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415539536 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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