Agriculture & forestry for energy, chemicals, & materials the road forward

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-137

  Hardy, Ralph W F ^a,b   Eaglesham, Allan ^a   Shelton, Anthony ^a,c,d  

^a National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c Department of Entomology ^*

^d Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INTEGRATED STRUCTURE; VALUE ADDED CHEMICALS;

AGRICULTURE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUELS; TRANSPORTATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUELS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34547662127     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2007.3.133     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. The US National Agricultural Biotechnology Council's 1998 Vision for Agricultural Research and Development in the 21st Century Identified the future role of agriculture and forestry in meeting energy, chemical, and material needs in addition to their traditional, and continuing, roles in providing food, feed, and fiber. The National Research Council's 2000 Report on Biobased Industrial Products set targets of 50% of transportation fuels, 90% of organic chemicals, and 99% of organic materials as originating from agricultural and forestry crops and residues during this century.
2. More recently, the US energy coalition 25×'25 produced its vision: "By 2025 America's farms, forests, and ranches will provide 25% of the total energy consumed in the United States while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber." The NABC 2007 meeting, Agricultural Biofuels: Technology, Sustainability and Profitability (held May 22-24 at South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota) further defined opportunity and issues.
3. 2005 USDA and DOE Report: Biomass Feedstocks for a Bioenergy & Bioproducts Industry: Technical Feasibility of o Billion-Ton Annual Supply. The annual Canadian biomass is estimated at 0.3-0.6 billion tons (Ralevic et al, BioCap Canada Foundation/Queens University); the first cellulosic-ethanol pilot plant was established in Canada.
4. NABC (2002) Report 14 on Foods for Health: Integrating Agriculture, Medicine and Food for Future Health. Ithaca, NY: National Agriculture Biotechnology Council.
5. NABC plans to address this opportunity In a future report.
6. As an example, 2004 Report of the Research, Education, and Economics Task Force of the USDA: National Institute for Food and Agriculture-A Proposal.
7. Testimony by Ron Miller of the Renewable Fuels Association on January 10, 2007, to the US Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee states that the 5.3 billion gallons of ethanol produced in 2006 created 160,000 jobs in all sectors of the economy, increased household income by $6.7 billion, and reduced oil inputs by 170 million barrels, valued at $1.26 billion.
8. Koonin S. Science 311:435 (2006). With reference to transportation fuels, Koonin stated, "This is a multldisciplinary task in which biologists, agronomists, chemical engineers, fuel specialists, and social scientists must work to integrate and optimize several currently disjoint activities."