TY - GEN
T1 - Biomass for Energy and the Impacts on Food Security
AU - Nonhebel, Sanderine
N1 - Relation: http://www.springerlink.com/
Rights: Springer
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In climate policies in the developed world the use of biomass as an energy source plays an important role Indications exist that these policies are affecting global food security In this chapter we compare the global demands for food, feed and energy in the near future We distinguish between developing countries, transition countries and the developed countries The first group of countries needs extra food for their growing population, the second one needs extra feed, since the increased incomes among their population lead to increased demand for animal products The developed countries require biomass to reduce the CO(2) emissions of their energy use On global scale the extra needs for biomass as a fuel (1,100 MT) turn out to be larger than the needs for food and feed (900 MT each) This huge demand for biomass from the energy system is likely to result in large instabilities on the international agricultural markets
AB - In climate policies in the developed world the use of biomass as an energy source plays an important role Indications exist that these policies are affecting global food security In this chapter we compare the global demands for food, feed and energy in the near future We distinguish between developing countries, transition countries and the developed countries The first group of countries needs extra food for their growing population, the second one needs extra feed, since the increased incomes among their population lead to increased demand for animal products The developed countries require biomass to reduce the CO(2) emissions of their energy use On global scale the extra needs for biomass as a fuel (1,100 MT) turn out to be larger than the needs for food and feed (900 MT each) This huge demand for biomass from the energy system is likely to result in large instabilities on the international agricultural markets
KW - Food supply and demand
KW - energy supply and demand
KW - feed
KW - biomass for fuel
UR - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789048195640
U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-9565-7_19
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-9565-7_19
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9789048195671
SN - 9789048195640
T3 - NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C-Environmental Security
SP - 341
EP - 361
BT - Energy Options Impact on Regional Security
A2 - Barbir, F
A2 - Ulgiati, S
PB - Springer
CY - Dordrecht
T2 - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Energy Options Impact on Regional Security
Y2 - 17 June 2009 through 20 June 2009
ER -