Biofuels and food security
Subtitle: implications of an accelerated biofuels production : summary of the OFID study
By: prepared by IIASA
Contributors: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Series: OFID pamphlet series -- 38; Pamphlet series (OPEC Fund for International Development) -- 38.
Publisher: OFID
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Biomass energy; Agriculture and state; Food supply
Description: This study aims to present a comprehensive review of the status of biofuels developments around the world and the policy regimes and support measures driving this evolution. It assesses the agro-ecological potential of all major biofuels crops, both first and second generation. It evaluates the social, environmental and economic impacts and implications of biofuels developments on transport fuel security, climate change mitigation, agricultural prices, food security, land use change and sustainable agricultural development.
Notes: "Vienna, Austria, March 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: 1. Objectives of the study; title: 2. Methodology; title: The modelling framework; title: All-encompassing scenarios; title: 3. Key findings of the study; title: Upward pressure on world food prices; title: A factor in rising hunger; title: Absorbing cereal production; title: Modest benefits for rural development; title: Will biofuels slow climate change?; title: Competition for arable land; title: Fuelling deforestation; title: The fertilizer dilemma; title: A threat to biodiversity; title: Imperative for second-generation conversion technologies; title: 4. Conclusions.