Resultados de búsqueda - "biofuel"

HIV, livelihoods, food and nutrition security por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Rising energy prices and subsidized biofuel production, income and population growth, globalization, and urbanization are among the major forces contributing to surging demand—while on the supply side, land and water constraints, underinvestment in rural infrastructure and agricultural innovation, lack of access to inputs, and weather disruptions are impairing productivity growth and the needed production response. …”
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Cereals sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…This Executive Brief provides a detailed analysis of the main trends in the cereal sector in 2012-2013, focusing mainly on the developments in the EU (regarding both CAP support measures and the biofuel mandate) and in ACP countries, where different approaches have been put in place for the development of the cereal sector.…”
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En jämförande studie av fem lastbilsmonterade flishuggar por Trolin, Henrik

“…The system is used for chipping wood fuel, transporting, and delivering the chips to heating plants. Some of the biofuel plantations are adjacent to large cities, and inward transport is influenced by a variety of factors such as traffic density, road class, passage of smaller towns, etc. …”

Responding to the world food crisis-- Getting on the Right Track: IFPRI 2007-2008 Annual Report Essay por von Braun, Joachim

“…And, in the areas of trade and biofuel policies, many of the actions taken are counterproductive and actually put more upward pressure on food prices. …”
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Toward a code of conduct in foreign land deals por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…The foreign acquisition of agricultural land is a rend that is driven by the food and biofuel needs of wealthy nations that have the capital to invest but have sparse land and water resources to produce enough for their own needs. …”
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Water, investment and food security por Chartres, Colin J.

“…With further demand from population growth, dietary changes, biofuel production, urbanisation and climate change, it will be extremely difficult to find enough supply to enable an increase in global food production by 70 per cent. …”
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Integrated storage and pretreatment of lignocelluloses for bio-fuel production por Tabasum, Mohammad Rizwan

“…The process for the production of lignocellulosic biofuel includes various sequential energy intensive stages like storage of biomass, thermochemical pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. …”

The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa por Gebregiorgis, Bereket M.

“…In South Africa, the production and use of biofuels is increasingly being contemplated as a policy instrument to stimulate rural development and reduce poverty by creating sustainable income earning opportunities. …”
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Annual report 2019: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…At the global level, PIM research was used to shape the European Union biofuel policy as well as strategic decisions of several organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CGIAR, UK’s Department for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, USAID and the World Health Organization. …”
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The world food crisis, land degradation, and sustainable land management: Linkages, opportunities, and constraints por Pender, John L.

“…Among the most important factors were rising oil prices, leading to increased costs of producing, processing, and transporting food; increased use of food crops for biofuel production; poor harvests in some major producing regions; rapid economic growth in many developing countries; and decades of underinvestment in agricultural research and development.…”
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Water for agriculture: Maintaining food security under growing scarcity por Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Tingju

“…Rapidly increasing nonagricultural demands for water, changing food preferences, global climate change, and new demands for biofuel production place increasing pressure on scarce water resources. …”
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Management of volunteer corn seedlings in dry-seeded rice por Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Opeña, Jhoana L.

“…The demand for corn is increasing in Asia for feed and biofuel. It is grown in the rice-corn cropping system. …”
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Sugar sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…Although in 2012 sugar prices fell compared to previous periods, volatility in the sugar sector remained high, in part due to the expansion of biofuel production that has strengthened the link between global oil price trends and global sugar price trends. …”
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Satsning på biobränsle i Uganda och Kenya - möjlighet eller risk por Ekdahl, Jan

“…Energy and food are basic needs in the whole world. The development of biofuels and energy crops are ongoing and the development goes fast. …”
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Askåterföring i Jämtland por Backlund, Ingegerd

“…Using biofuels from regeneration cuttings is becoming more common in Sweden. …”
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Systemanalys av skogsbränsletransporter por Engblom, Gabriel

“…Forwarding of slash, chipping at roadside or at a terminal and train transport with bundles should be taken in consideration when trying to heighten the efficiency in a biofuel system.…”
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An introduction to bioenergy and landscape restoration por Baral, H., Leksono, B., Seol, M.

“…Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is being promoted as a means for reversing land degradation while providing multiple products and services, including bioenergy. FLR using biofuel-friendly trees under climate smart agroforestry practices and utilizing fruits, nuts and biomass for energy could solve multiple issues by turning unproductive degraded lands into productive landscapes; preventing further conversion of natural vegetation for other uses; compensating for the high initial investments required for FLR; and providing multiple ecosystem services, including climate regulation. …”
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IFPRI 2010 Annual Report por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…On the topic of volatile food prices, IFPRI recommended that, among other approaches, governments reform biofuel policies, especially in the United States and Europe, to reduce biofuels' effects on food markets.…”
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Glycosyltransferase Family 61 in Liliopsida (Monocot): The story of a gene family expansion por Cenci, A., Chantret, Nathalie, Rouard, M.

“…Plant cell walls play a fundamental role in several plant traits and also influence crop use as livestock nutrition or biofuel production. The Glycosyltransferase family 61 (GT61) is involved in the synthesis of cell wall xylans. …”
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Identification of proteins expressed by the root-rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum when growing on lignocellulose por Wang, Xiaoyu

“…The fungus is apparently an efficient wood degrader and may produce enzymes of interest for enzymatic saccharification of cellulose for biofuel production. The aim of this study was to see which major enzymes that are expressed and utilized. …”