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| Title | Food versus fuel: competing uses for cropland |
| Creator/Author | Brown, L. |
| Publication Date | 1980 May 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5302228 |
| Other Number(s) | CODEN: ENVTA |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Environment ; Vol/Issue: 22:4 |
| Subject | 290400 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources ;530100 -- Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies-- Social & Economic Studies-- (-1989) ;140504 -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Biomass Production & Conversion-- (-1989); ;AGRICULTURE-- SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS;ALCOHOL FUELS-- LAND USE;LAND USE-- SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; BIOMASS;COMPETITION;ECONOMIC IMPACT;ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT;FOOD;GLOBAL ASPECTS;POLITICAL ASPECTS;SOCIAL IMPACT |
| Related Subject | ENERGY SOURCES;FUELS;INDUSTRY;INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS;RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES;SYNTHETIC FUELS |
| Description/Abstract | Agriculturally-based alcohol fuel programs in food-exporting countries will become international issues as land is converted from food to fuel crops and the affluent world minority increases its demands and power at the expense of the poor.^Brazil is the current leader in fuel crops, followed by the US, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and a number of developing countries.^The effect this is having on per capita grain production is reflected in the decline of world cropland and the increase in food prices.^The shift to massive energy crops will have social and political ramifications as countries weigh the environmental and economic attractions of alcohol fuels against the pressures they place on food production.^The steps that could minimize the potentially adverse effects of fuel crops include careful international planning to warn food-importing countries, arrest the erosion of topsoil, and a food-pricing monitoring system.^30 references, 2 tables. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: 32-40 |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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