Agrofuels policy in colombia: expectations and rural development

The debate over the current biofuels policy has two positions: first, those considering it as an alternative aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming; secondly, those who argue about the distributional conflict...

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Autores:
Mejia Alfonso, Sandra Liliana
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28600
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28600
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18648/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18648/2/
Palabra clave:
biofuels
agro-energy policy
biodiesel
ethanol
rural development.
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The debate over the current biofuels policy has two positions: first, those considering it as an alternative aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming; secondly, those who argue about the distributional conflicts that can bring socio-environmental adoption of these policies at local level. This article presents the national policy settings and scenarios of biofuel production based on agro-energy projects, which are used raw materials such as palm oil to produce biodiesel, sugar cane, sugar loaf cane and cassava for the distillation of ethanol. Thus regional dynamics observed that intersect with the new rural environment in the Colombian countryside connection between the local and global that generate expectations to achieve rural development goals.