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The significant and alarming increase of greenhouse gas emissions, as the main factor affecting the earth's climate raises worldwide concern and requires urgent developing of international and local policies that support the environment. At present, the importance of bioenergy in the context of climate change is globally recognized, and biofuels are considered as crucial elements of the future energy matrix which enhance and safeguard energy security. This chapter studies the complex relationship between bioenergy and food security, exploring the popular ‘Food versus Fuel’ debates and discussing the implications of biofuel on agricultural markets, which are strongly dependent on the particular context at local level. Clearly, fossil fuels should be substituted by non-conventional energy sources, and biofuels could be part of the answer, provided that their usage promotes environmental sustainability does not enter into unfair competition with food production sources. The analysis focuses on 2010–2019 period, and it points out the weight evolution of the world energy production by type of energy, the weight evolution of each type of renewable energy production, the countries with the lowest level of food security and their biofuels production, and the land deals engaged in Madagascar, Rwanda, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone by the EU and Non-EU companies.
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Ene, C., Stancu, A. (2022). Impact of Biofuels Production on Food Security on Selected African Countries. In: Khan, S.A.R., Panait, M., Puime Guillen, F., Raimi, L. (eds) Energy Transition. Industrial Ecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3540-4_8
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