@article{icrisat666, year = {2008}, title = {Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries}, pages = {248--258}, author = {B V S Reddy and S Ramesh and A Ashok Kumar and S P Wani and R Ortiz and H Ceballos and T K Sreedevi}, volume = {1}, journal = {BioEnergy Research}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/666/}, abstract = {Soaring prices of fossil fuels, geo-political issues and environmental pollution associated with fossil fuel use has led to worldwide interest in the production and use of bio-fuels. Both the developed and developing countries have developed a range of policies to encourage production of combustible fuels from plants that triggered public and private investments in bio-fuel crop research and development, and bio-fuels production. In this article, we discuss the potential benefits of bio-fuels in increasing the farmers' incomes, reducing environment pollution, the crop options and research and development interventions required to generate feedstocks to produce bio-fuels to meet projected demand without compromising food/fodder security in developing countries.} }