Second generation biofuels and food crops: Co-products or competitors?

Global Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-96

  Thompson, Wyatt ^a   Meyer, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Agricultural Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food security; Food versus fuel; RFS; Second generation biofuel

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84881089045     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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