(Ebook) The tropical oil crop revolution : food, feed, fuel, and forests by Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor ISBN 9780190222987, 9780190223014, 0190222980, 0190223014

(Ebook) The tropical oil crop revolution : food, feed, fuel, and forests by Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor ISBN 9780190222987, 9780190223014, 0190222980, 0190223014

The work provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the dramatic expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. It is a comprehensive review of the oil crop sector with a major focus on oil palm and soybeans, the two most dynamic crops in world agriculture in recent decades. Abstract: The work provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the dramatic expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. It is a comprehensive review of the oil crop sector with a major focus on oil palm and soybeans, the two most dynamic crops in world agriculture in recent decades