We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

CONTEXT The potential of marginal lands to improve food security, support bioenergy
production or ecosystem services has globally got a lot of attention. Defining agricultural …

Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

Biomass has been known as a potential energy source for biofuel production to replace
fossil fuels aiming to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. However, one of the hurdles to …

Phytoremediation is a holistic approach and can be used in large scale to remediate the
contaminated land resources. Although the concept of phytoremediation is few decades old …

Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Globally, the share of renewable energy is limited to 19% of the total energy consumption.
Out of which, 9.3% is shared by traditional biomass. In India, the installed capacity of energy …

Core Ideas Dedicated bioenergy crops can enhance ecosystem services in marginal lands.
Ecosystem services vary with the type of marginal land. More field data are needed about …

The mitigation of potential health hazards and land scarcity due to land use change can be
addressed by restoring functional and ecosystem services of contaminated land. Physico …

There are many locations where soil quality improvements would be beneficial because of
contamination, erosion, flooding, or past human activities. Miscanthus, a C-4 grass related to …