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SUBMITTER: Rulli MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776133 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rulli Maria Cristina MC Bellomi Davide D Cazzoli Andrea A De Carolis Giulia G D'Odorico Paolo P
Scientific reports 20160303
Recent energy security strategies, investment opportunities and energy policies have led to an escalation in biofuel consumption at the expenses of food crops and pastureland. To evaluate the important impacts of biofuels on food security, the food-energy nexus needs to be investigated in the context of its linkages with the overall human appropriation of land and water resources. Here we provide a global assessment of biofuel crop production, reconstruct global patterns of biofuel crop/oil trad ...[more]