Agrofuels policy in colombia: expectations and rural development
The debate over the current biofuels policy has two positions: first, those considering it as an alternative aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming; secondly, those who argue about the distributional conflict...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Repository: | Repositorio UN |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28600 |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28600 http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18648/ http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18648/2/ |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | biofuels agro-energy policy biodiesel ethanol rural development. |
| Summary: | The debate over the current biofuels policy has two positions: first, those considering it as an alternative aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming; secondly, those who argue about the distributional conflicts that can bring socio-environmental adoption of these policies at local level. This article presents the national policy settings and scenarios of biofuel production based on agro-energy projects, which are used raw materials such as palm oil to produce biodiesel, sugar cane, sugar loaf cane and cassava for the distillation of ethanol. Thus regional dynamics observed that intersect with the new rural environment in the Colombian countryside connection between the local and global that generate expectations to achieve rural development goals. |
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