Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Pages: 1057-1066

Journal: Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volume number: 26

Issue number: 12

ISSN: 2079-052X

eISSN: 2079-0538

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v26i12.19107

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

Abstract: 
Increasing human population demands more fuel supply causing the release of hazardous greenhouse gases that could be compensated by supplementing with renewable and environment-friendly alternatives such as biofuels. The argument against the use of food crops for biofuel production that it may cause food shortages can be countered by using feedstock outside the human food chain. This opens up the possibility of using halophytes, algae and photosynthetic bacteria as sources of the carbon neutral biofuel which can be produced sustainably without compromising conventional agriculture. In this review we assess the suitability of these non-food resources as bio-fuel alternates.

Harvard Citation style: Abideen, Z., Hameed, A., Koyro, H., Gul, B., Ansari, R. and Khan, M. (2014) Sustainable biofuel production from non-food sources - An overview, Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 26(12), pp. 1057-1066. https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v26i12.19107

APA Citation style: Abideen, Z., Hameed, A., Koyro, H., Gul, B., Ansari, R., & Khan, M. (2014). Sustainable biofuel production from non-food sources - An overview. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 26(12), 1057-1066. https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v26i12.19107