Biofuels and Agricultural Growth: Challenges for Developing Agricultural Economies and Opportunities for Investment

摘要: Global projections for increasing food demand combined with energy from all sources – including crop-based biofuels point toward greater stress on systems and their supporting ecosystems. In many parts of the world, household incomes has translated into demands energy, which transportation fuel comprises a fast-growing share. Accompanying world’s steady population growth is an necessary feedstuffs to requisite increases in livestock production. The combination these two trends will inevitably lead stresses natural resource base eco-systems that underlie production such as land water. this chapter, we examine agricultural systems, within context both demographically driven feed products, implied drivers represent. By looking at crop productivity improvements are maintain adequate supplies growing global population, able infer magnitude investments research, among other policy interventions (such irrigation investments), needed avoid worsening security outcomes face biofuel demands. From our analysis, clear implications be drawn how best deterioration human well-being, recommendations strengthening ability deliver services also made. illustrating problem way, hope better clarify key issues connect growth, welfare, policy-focused investments.