http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/666 2011-11-11T09:21:36Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/666/ Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries Reddy, B V S Ramesh, S Ashok Kumar, A Wani, S P Ortiz, R Ceballos, H Sreedevi, T K Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics 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. 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/666/1/BioEnergy_Research1_3-4_248-258_2008.pdf Reddy, B V S and Ramesh, S and Ashok Kumar, A and Wani, S P and Ortiz, R and Ceballos, H and Sreedevi, T K (2008) Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries. BioEnergy Research, 1. pp. 248-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12155-008-9022-x info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage