2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Symposium --Biofuels in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks
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625 Symposium --Biofuels in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks



Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:25 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371D
Presiding:
Mark Winslow
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
625-1
Implications of Biofuels for Food Security and the Poor.
Peter Hazell, Imperial College at Wye
8:45 AM
625-2
Environmental Economics Perspective on Biofuel, Agriculture, and the Environment.
David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
9:00 AM
625-3
Accelerating the Rate of Crop Yield Gains to Ensure Sustainable Biofuel Systems.
Kenneth G. Cassman, University of Nebraska; Adam Liska, University of Nebraska; Haishun Yang, University of Nebraska; Daniel D'Croz Mason, University of Nebraska
9:15 AM
625-4
Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Net Energy Yields Using the BESS Model.
Adam J. Liska, University of Nebraska; Haishun Yang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Virgil Bremer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Terry Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Daniel T. Walters, University of Nebraska; Kenneth G. Cassman, University of Nebraska
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
625-5
Maize and Miscanthus--Improving Feedstocks for Bioenergy Production.
Martin Bohn, University of Illinois
10:00 AM
625-6
Beyond Grain: Feedstock Technologies for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels.
Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida
10:15 AM
625-7
Sweet Sorghum: a Pro-Poor Bioethanol Crop.
Mark Winslow, ICRISAT; William Dar, ICRISAT; Belum V. S. Reddy, ICRISAT; K. Purnachandra Rao, ICRISAT; Michael Blümmel, ILRI c/o ICRISAT; Barry Shapiro, ILRI c/o ICRISAT
10:30 AM
625-8
Cassava Potential for Bioethanol.
Hernan Ceballos, CIAT (Intl Center for Tropical Agriculture); Keith Fahrney, CIAT; Reinhardt Howeler, CIAT; Bernardo Ospina, Latin American & Caribbean Consortium to Support Cassava Research & Development
10:45 AM
Panel Discussion
11:45 AM
Adjourn
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