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Food vs fuel is the debate regarding the risk of diverting farmland or crops for biofuels production in detriment of the food supply on a global scale. Essentially the debate refers to the possibility that by farmers increasing their production of these crops, often through government subsidy incentives, their time and land is shifted away from other types of non-biofuel crops driving up the ...
Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil. Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricultural, domestic or industrial bio waste.
Regarding the negative impacts of the potential direct and indirect effect of land use changes on carbon emissions, [34] [35] the study commissioned by the Dutch government concluded that "it is very difficult to determine the indirect effects of further land use for sugar cane production (i.e. sugar cane replacing another crop like soy or ...
An economic assessment published by the OECD in July 2008 [25] agrees with the World Bank report recommendations regarding the negative effects of subsidies and import tariffs but finds that the estimated impact of biofuels on food prices is much smaller. The OECD study found that trade restrictions, mainly through import tariffs, protect the ...
Grazing can have positive or negative effects on rangeland health, depending on management quality, [128] and grazing can have different effects on different soils [129] and different plant communities. [130] Grazing can sometimes reduce, and other times increase, biodiversity of grassland ecosystems.
Biodiesel is produced from the oils in for instance rapeseed or sugar beets and is the most common biofuel in Europe. [citation needed] Second-generation biofuels (also called "advanced biofuels") utilize non-food-based biomass sources such as perennial energy crops and agricultural residues/waste.
Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made from fats.
Animal wildlife has been most affected in areas where significant amounts of land, for commercial palm oil purposes, have been cleared to allow the trees to be planted. [22] Animals have been forced to relocate and have increasingly come into contact with humans as they have started to roam around the surrounding villages in search for food. [23]