A preliminary analysis of the biomass energy production potential in africa in 2025 considering projected land needs for food production

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biomass energy 100%
• food production 79%
• energy production 78%
• Africa 56%
• land 42%
• need 40%
• analysis 20%
• nutritional requirement 18%
• wilderness area 17%
• bioenergy production 17%
• energy crop 16%
• natural forest 14%
• cereal 13%
• crop yield 13%
• energy use 13%
• import 12%
• planting 12%
• plantation 11%
• sensitivity analysis 11%
• land use 8%
• biomass 7%
• cost 6%
• modeling 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• bioenergy 83%
• food production 75%
• cropland 30%
• land use 24%
• wilderness 18%
• woody biomass 16%
• energy crops 14%
• nutrient requirements 13%
• grain crops 13%
• uncertainty 12%
• Eucalyptus 12%
• imports 12%
• crop yield 11%
• plantations 10%
• planting 9%
• Brazil 8%
• biomass 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biomass 68%
• Crops 23%
• Land use 12%
• Sensitivity analysis 9%
• Availability 7%
• Uncertainty 6%
• Costs 4%