The tropical oil crop revolution : food, feed, fuel, and forests / Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor.

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Byerlee, Derek [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
xii, 288 pages ; 25 cm

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    The overall aim of the book is to provide a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the rapid expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. After introducing the dramatic surge in oil crops, chapters provide a comparative perspective from different producing regions for two of the world's most important crops, oil palm and soybeans in the tropics. The following chapters examine the drivers of demand of vegetable oils for food, animal feed, and biodiesel and introduce the reader to price formation in vegetable oil markets and the role of trade in linking consumers across the world to distant producers in a handful of exporting countries. The remaining chapters review evidence on the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the oil crop revolution in the tropics. While both economic benefits and social and environmental costs have been huge, the outlook is for reduced trade-offs and more sustainable outcomes as the oil crop revolution slows and the global, national, and local communities converge on ways to better managed land use changes and land rights.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and index.
    Contents
    • The many dimensions of the tropical oil crop revolution
    • Oil palm production and supply chains
    • Soybean production and supply chains in the tropics
    • Food demand for vegetable oils
    • Demand for oil meal for animal feed and the joint production of oil
    • Biodiesel: a source of growth and uncertainty in vegetable oil markets
    • Vegetable oil trade and markets
    • Contributions to growth, jobs, food security and smallholder development
    • Land use and the sustainability challenge
    • Conclusions: the future will not be like the past.
    ISBN
    • 9780190222987 (hardcover)
    • 0190222980 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2016017265
    OCLC
    948747925
    Other standard number
    • 40026717206
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