Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-294

  Rosegrant, Mark W ^a   Msangi, Siwa ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biofuel; European union; Food security; United states

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EXPANSION; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CENTRAL TENDENCIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD COMMODITY; FOOD PRICES; FOOD SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WELL BEING;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84908037995     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-031813-132233     Document Type: Review

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