Data di Pubblicazione:
2008
Citazione:
Produrre etanolo da mais : Vincoli e opportunità per il sistema agricolo mondiale / G. Ferrazzi ; [a cura di] R. Pretolani. - Roma : Aracne, 2008 Mar. - ISBN 978-88-548-1680-0.
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to present a critical analysis which can lead to potential solutions to the dilemma on the competition between new utilizations for corn, one of the most important cereals in the world: the growing demand form the energy sector; the most traditional use for feeding humans and animals.
The effort is to approach this topic from the production standpoint and to assess the potential of the agricultural sector in comparison with the current and future needs stemming from the energy and the nutritional market.
In order to define a situation which is as realistic as possible, I have chosen to focus only on the incremental demand of corn is from its usage in the production of bio-ethanol for transportation. This incremental request its only one of the new demands which the whole global agricultural sector will have to face in the near future before the real possibilities of development of second generation bio-fuels become known.
This first result shows the current inadequacies of the world agricultural system in all the different hypothesis, whatever the development of bio-fuels might be.
The increase of the demand of corn related to production of bio-ethanol makes it even more difficult for the agricultural system to react positively with a growth from the side of the supply.
Tipologia IRIS:
05 - Volume
Keywords:
Biofuels ; bioethanol ; commodities ; corn ; demand ; supply
Elenco autori:
G. Ferrazzi
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