Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Cultivating sugarcane for use in bioenergy applications: key issues: Hardev S. Sandhu, University of Florida, USA;

1 Introduction

2 Key issues and challenges in cultivating sugarcane for bioenergy applications

3 Addressing the key challenges

4 Case studies in how research can be used to improve cultivation in practice

5 Future trends in research

6 Concluding remarks

7 References

Chapter 2 Production of biodiesel from oilseeds: canola/rapeseed: B. Brian He and Dev Shrestha, University of Idaho, USA;

1 Introduction

2 Current technologies and constraints of biodiesel production

3 Life cycle assessment of canola/rapeseed biodiesel

4 Future trends and conclusion

5 Where to look for further information

6 References

Chapter 3 Use of palm oil for biofuel: Jean-Marc Roda, CIRAD and Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia;

1 Introduction

2 Trends in biofuels

3 Production of palm-based biofuels

4 Biodiesel economics

5 Imports and defiscalisation: the odd alliance

6 The geopolitics of agribusiness: competition between productions systems

7 Conclusions

8 References

Chapter 4 Use of grassland for bioenergy and biorefining: Ulrich Thumm, University of Hohenheim, Germany;

1 Introduction

2 Grassland biomass and biomass quality

3 Alternative uses for biomass from permanent grassland

4 Prospects for using grasslands for bioenergy

5 Conclusions

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 5 Improvement options for agricultural crop production for food, feed and bioenergy: Beno®t Gabrielle, AgroParisTech and Universit© Paris-Saclay, France; and Pietro Goglio, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Cranfield University, UK;

1 Introduction: the case for improving the performance of crop production systems

2 Methodological background

3 Improvement options

4 Summary

5 Future trends in research

6 Where to look for further information

7 References