Is there Room for a harmonious Relationship between Biofuel Production and Food Security?
In order to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases, and to ensure energetic security, countries have emphasized the production of renewable biofuels. However, the exponentially increased production of biofuels has seriously impacted the prices of some agricultural com...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (IPARDES) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Paranaense de Desenvolvimento (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ipardes.emnuvens.com.br:article/945 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/945 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biofuels. Ethanol. Biomass. Food security. Agricultural commodities. Biocombustibles. Etanol. Biomasa. Seguridad alimentaria. Commodities agrícolas. Biocombustíveis. Etanol. Biomassa. Segurança alimentar. Commodities agrícolas. |
| Sumario: | In order to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases, and to ensure energetic security, countries have emphasized the production of renewable biofuels. However, the exponentially increased production of biofuels has seriously impacted the prices of some agricultural commodities, which renders food security a less attainable agenda given the dispute over allocating the same agricultural resources to the production of either food or biofuels. An alternative way of increasing the production of biofuels that would minimize conflicting uses of agricultural commodities is discussed here: the lignocellulosic biomass. We conclude that this represents for Brazil a valuable opportunity of increasing the production of second-generation ethanol without compromising food security. |
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