{"id":14428,"date":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20071212-04n"},"modified":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T22:00:00","slug":"biofuels-research-and-development-in-the-developing-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/biofuels-research-and-development-in-the-developing-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Biofuels research and development in the developing world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Biofuels are described by some as &#8220;absolutely catastrophic&#8221; because of their potential consequences, by others as &#8220;the driving force for development in some of the world&#8217;s poorest regions&#8221;. Under the heading &#8220;Spotlight on Biofuels: The research challenge&#8221;, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scidev.net\/\" >Science and Development Network<\/a> has published several extensive articles assessing the implications of the dynamic development for developing countries from various viewpoints. Some articles focus on aspects like farmers&#8217; risks or opportunities for sugar-producing countries, others analyse the situation in Africa and Brazil. The authors describe the present situation, explore causes and interconnections and name activities and needs concerning research and development efforts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Content<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDITORIAL: Biofuels &#8211; Let&#8217;s look before we leap<br \/>A commitment to biofuels should be based on a careful assessment of their prospective benefits and costs, not a blind leap of faith.<\/li>\n<li>OPINION: Biofuels &#8211; benefits and risks for developing countries<br \/>Biofuels offer huge potential, but pose challenges best countered with strong and coherent development policies, says S. Arungu-Olende.<\/li>\n<li>OPINION: Research needed to cut risks to biofuel farmers<br \/>Dryland farmers are growing novel crops for biofuel, but domestication and research into yields and pests is still needed, says William Dar.<\/li>\n<li>OPINION: Biofuel revolution threatens food security for the poor<br \/>Strong international policies are needed to stop the biofuel revolution threatening food security for the poor, says Siwa Msangi.<\/li>\n<li>OPINION: Building on opportunities offered by biofuel production<br \/>Biofuel production offers a lifeline to sugar-producing countries hit by the European Union&#8217;s 2006 sugar reforms, argues Maureen Wilson.<\/li>\n<li>FEATURE: Sugarcane ethanol &#8211; Brazil&#8217;s biofuel success<br \/>Brazil&#8217;s successful sugarcane ethanol industry owes much to massive investment in infrastructure and research, reports Carla Almeida.<\/li>\n<li>FEATURE: Biofuel &#8211; Africa&#8217;s new oil?<br \/>Biofuel holds promise for Africa but research is not yet in place to fully reap the rewards, or analyse the pitfalls, reports Kimani Chege.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>All texts are available without charge online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scidev.net\/dossiers\/index.cfm?fuseaction=specifictopics&#038;dossier=4&#038;topic=199&#038;CFID=1365980&#038;CFTOKEN=52090219\" >www.scidev.net<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/ifpri-report-rising-food-prices-threaten-worlds-poor-people\/\" >2007-12-10<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/biofuels-international-monetary-fund-suggests-free-trade\/\" >2007-10-22<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/biofuels-global-potential-and-implications-for-energy-and-agriculture\/\" >2007-03-02<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Biofuels are described by some as &#8220;absolutely catastrophic&#8221; because of their potential consequences, by others as &#8220;the driving force for development in some of the<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[],"class_list":["post-14428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14428"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}