Biofuels and implications for agricultural water use: Blue impacts of green energy

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 67-81

  De Fraiture, Charlotte ^a   Giordano, Mark ^a   Liao, Yongsong ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bio ethanol; Biofuels; China; India; Water requirements; Water scarcity implications

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449132719     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2008.054     Document Type: Review

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