Food and fuel for all: Realistic or foolish?

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Cassman, Kenneth G ^a   Liska, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Corn ethanol; Crop yields; Food security; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CORN-ETHANOL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD PRICES; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; OIL SEED CROPS; RAPID EXPANSION; RAPID RESPONSE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHANOL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NETWORK SECURITY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROPS;

EID: 41149145637     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.3     Document Type: Article

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