Biofuel cropping systems : carbon, land, and food

Choosing appropriate practices and policies for biofuel production requires an understanding of how soils, climate, farm types, infrastructure, markets and social organisation affect the establishment and performance of these crops. The book highlights land use dynamics, cultivation practices related to conversion and wider impacts. It explores how biofuel production chain development is steered by emerging technologies and management practices and how both can be influenced by effective policies designed to encourage sustainable biofuel production.

The book highlights major biofuel production chains including:

cane cultivation in Brazil corn ethanol in the USA wheat and rapeseed in Europe oil palm in the Far East cane in Asia and Africa SRC and other lignocellulosic crops.

In each case the development, cropping systems and impacts are discussed, system dynamics are shown and lessons drawn for the way things could or should change.

Biofuel Cropping Systems is a vital resource for all those who want to understand the way biofuels are produced and how they impact other elements of society and especially how improvements can be made. It is a handbook for students, biofuel producers, researchers and policymakers in energy and agriculture.

Author Notes

Hans Langeveld holds an MSc in tropical agronomy. After a career of 20 years of research in public institutions, he founded a private company for research on sustainable biomass (Biomass Research) in 2008. His major focus is on sustainable biomass production and its utilisation in biofuels and materials.
John Dixon Principal Adviser - Research Programmes at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Herman van Keulen was trained as a soil scientist and production ecologist at Wageningen University. During his career, he wrote may crop growth models. Herman developed innovative concepts in soil water modelling and sustainability research and has been an expert on crop growth, animal production systems and sustainable land use for over four decades.

J.W.A. Langeveld and H. Van Keulen and J. DixonJ.W.A. LangeveldJ.W.A. Langevel and H. Van Keulen and S. DelanyJ.W.A. LangeveldTH. HilhorstJ.W.A. Langeveld and P.M.F. Quist-WesselJ.W.A. Langeveld and P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. CroezenJ.W.A. Langeveld and P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. CroezenK.W. Jaggard and B. TownsendJ.W.A. Langeveld and P.M.F. Quist-Wessel and H. CroezenP.M.F. Quist-Wessel and J.W.A. Langeveld and M. Van Den Berg and W. J. LeonardoJ.W.A. Langeveld and J. Dixon and H. Van KeulenE. Maletta and M.V. LasorellaP.M.F. Quist-Wessel and J.W.A. LangeveldJ.W.A. Langeveld and J. Dixon and H. Van KeulenJ.W.A. Langeveld and H.Van Keulen and J. Dixon

List of figures and tables	p. ix
List of acronyms	p. xvi
Contributors	p. xvii
1 General introduction	p. 1
2 Land cover and land use	p. 12
3 Input use and crop production	p. 24
4 Assessing greenhouse gas emissions	p. 38
5 How land rights influence the social impacts of biomass production	p. 51
6 Biofuel production in Brazil	p. 63
7 Biofuel production in the USA	p. 87
8 Biofuel production in the EU	p. 114
9 Sugar beet ethanol in the EU	p. 138
10 Oil palm biodiesel in the Far Eat	p. 158
11 Biofuel production in southern Africa	p. 174
12 Biofuel production in China	p. 195
13 Lignocellulosic crops	p. 208
14 Bioenergy production from waste agricultural biomass	p. 226
15 Impact on land and biomass availability	p. 239
16 Outlook	p. 251
Index	p. 271

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