@article{e746ec13ae534cf1a952bb45dc9ede7a,
title = "The Future of Biofuels in an Electrifying Global Transportation Sector: Imperative, Prospects and Challenges",
abstract = "Low carbon alternatives are an imperative for decarbonizing the transportation sector. There is growing interest in electrification of transportation but even with aggressive growth in sales, a significant share of transportation is expected to rely on liquid fuel by midcentury. Biofuels are appealing as low carbon fuels but those produced from food crops generate a food vs. fuel dilemma. We discuss the prospects for expanding biofuels, while mitigating the competition with food production though a transition to second generation biofuels from biomass as well as the potential for biotechnology to transform the agricultural sector globally to increase crop productivity and make biofuels and food production complementary. We highlight the role for policy, technological innovations, and institutions to achieve increased food and biofuel production.",
keywords = "Biofuels and bio-products, Biotechnology, Carbon mitigations, Electric vehicles",
author = "Deepayan Debnath and Madhu Khanna and Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman",
note = "Funding Information: Deepayan Debnath and Madhu Khanna would like to acknowledge support from the USDOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and BioProducts and Innovation, (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Number DE‐SC0018420). Madhu Khanna would also like to acknowledge support from NIFA, USDA. David Zilberman would like to acknowledge support from the Global Climate and Energy Project (Stanford Sub‐Award Agreement no. 640 60413992–112883‐A). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not of the funding sources. Funding Information: Deepayan Debnath and Madhu Khanna would like to acknowledge support from the USDOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and BioProducts and Innovation, (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Number DE-SC0018420). Madhu Khanna would also like to acknowledge support from NIFA, USDA. David Zilberman would like to acknowledge support from the Global Climate and Energy Project (Stanford Sub-Award Agreement no. 640 60413992?112883-A). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not of the funding sources. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/aepp/ppz023",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "563--582",
journal = "Review of Agricultural Economics",
issn = "2040-5790",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}