Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate
This review discusses research on linkages between biofuels, agriculture, and food security. The literature indicates that biofuel expansion affects land use, puts pressure on food and feed markets, and modestly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers readily identify these outcomes, as well a...
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| author | Rosegrant, Mark W. Msangi, Siwa |
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| description | This review discusses research on linkages between biofuels, agriculture, and food security. The literature indicates that biofuel expansion affects land use, puts pressure on food and feed markets, and modestly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers readily identify these outcomes, as well as the multitude of factors besides biofuels that have driven up food prices in recent years. However, precision in quantifying the extent of the impacts and in attributing effects to various drivers is elusive, resulting in a wide range of estimates. Nevertheless, the central tendency is that a food-versus-fuel trade-off is created through biofuel production from food crops, and the continued expansion of biofuel production increases food commodity prices, reduces the availability of calories, and increases malnourishment in developing countries. Higher food prices particularly reduce the poor's access to food, which has possible long-term, irreversible consequences for health, productivity, and well-being. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1512672024-11-15T08:52:28Z Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate Rosegrant, Mark W. Msangi, Siwa biofuels agriculture food security This review discusses research on linkages between biofuels, agriculture, and food security. The literature indicates that biofuel expansion affects land use, puts pressure on food and feed markets, and modestly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers readily identify these outcomes, as well as the multitude of factors besides biofuels that have driven up food prices in recent years. However, precision in quantifying the extent of the impacts and in attributing effects to various drivers is elusive, resulting in a wide range of estimates. Nevertheless, the central tendency is that a food-versus-fuel trade-off is created through biofuel production from food crops, and the continued expansion of biofuel production increases food commodity prices, reduces the availability of calories, and increases malnourishment in developing countries. Higher food prices particularly reduce the poor's access to food, which has possible long-term, irreversible consequences for health, productivity, and well-being. 2014 2024-08-01T02:56:18Z 2024-08-01T02:56:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151267 en Limited Access Annual Reviews Rosegrant, Mark W.; and Msangi, Siwa. 2014. Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 39(October 2014): 271-294. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-031813-132233 |
| spellingShingle | biofuels agriculture food security Rosegrant, Mark W. Msangi, Siwa Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate |
| title | Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate |
| title_full | Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate |
| title_short | Consensus and contention in the food-versus-fuel debate |
| title_sort | consensus and contention in the food versus fuel debate |
| topic | biofuels agriculture food security |
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