Biofuels, Food Security, and the Environment: A 2020/2050 Perspective

Water Resources Development and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-94

  Msangi, Siwa ^a   Ewing, Mandy ^a   Rosegrant, Mark W ^a   Zhu, Tingju ^a  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline Scenario; Biofuel Production; European Union; Food Price; Food Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911371974     PISSN: 1614810X     EISSN: 2198316X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04615-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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