Indirect Effects of 'Wastes'
In 2008, the Gallagher Review highlighted the indirect effects of using agricultural commodities as biofuel feedstocks. Diverting streams of ‘wastes’, 'residues' and 'by-products' (referred to as 'wastes' for short) into biofuel production, when they...

Feedstock and Biodiesel Characteristics Report
A project to produce biodiesel from a wide variety of feedstocks and to provide the characteristics of both the feedstock and biodiesel has shown a wide variety of fuel properties for different feedstocks, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor, Chris...

Peru Vegetable Oil Recycling
The Food and Agriculture Organisation study on Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives looked at one operation in Lima, Peru, recylcling waste vegetable oils into biuodiesel for use in filling stations, bakeries and for transport.

Benefits from Small Scale Bioenergy Initiatives
Small scale bioenergy initiatives in developing countries can be an efficient use of natural resources, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Future for Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use
There is a significant worldwide potential for producing energy from biomass that should be used, writes TheBioenergySite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

Biofuels and Agriculture
Second generation biofuels produced from lignocellulosic feedstocks have major implications for agriculture and food security, writes TheBioenergySite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

France Biofuels Update 2008
This report analyses the current state of the French biofuels sector. Prepared by Marie-Cecile Henard, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
This report, released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), adopts U.S. area, yield, and production forecasts for winter wheat, durum, other spring wheat, barley, oats and also livestock, poultry and dairy.

Biofuel and Global Biodiversity
By By Dennis Keeney and Claudia Nanninga, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).