Biofuel options for India - Perspectives on land availability, land management and land-use change

Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-255

  Das, Subhashree ^a   Priess, Joerg A ^a   Schweitzer, Christian ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrofuels; Bioenergy; Land use modeling; Site model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGROFUELS; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; BIOENERGY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY SECURITY; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAND AVAILABILITY; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE MODELING; OIL IMPORT; OIL PRICES; OIL SEED CROPS; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY OPTIONS; PONGAMIA PINNATA; SITE MODEL;

BIOETHANOL; BLENDING; CROPS; ETHANOL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REFORESTATION;

LAND USE;

EID: 78751639203     PISSN: 15566560     EISSN: 15566579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2010.1089     Document Type: Article

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