The impact of a growing bioethanol industry on food production in Brazil

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 672-679

  Gauder, Martin ^a   Graeff Honninger S ^a   Claupein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioethanol; Biofuels; Brazil; Food production; Land availability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUGAR CANE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOETHANOL INDUSTRY; BRAZIL; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND AVAILABILITY;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; FOOD PRODUCTION; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 78149357941     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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