Sentences with phrase «competition with food production»

With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benefits.

Such second - generation liquid biofuels produced from woody biomass rather than from food crops would also reduce competition with food production.

Biofuel can be obtained quite easily from starchy plants — but this places fuel production in competition with food production.

Not exact matches

The baby food industry (which includes the production of bottles and nipples) is an eight - billion - dollar a year industry with an enormous profit margin and vicious intercompany competition.

Competition with food and feed production is avoided.

First, the researchers show how growing native perennial species on marginal lands - land not used for food production because of low fertility or other reasons — avoids competition with food security, and provides the greatest potential for climate mitigation and biodiversity benefits.

The food versus fuel debate has put large - scale biofuel production in a squeeze in recent years, but competition with food crops is just one drawback for which biofuel crop production is criticised.