Panel discussion. Moderator: Ed Kolodziej (Director, CGS, University of Illinois).

Employing large amounts of agricultural resources to produce renewable sources of energy presents challenges and opportunities. While considerable attention has been devoted to on-farm production issues, much less attention ...

Keynote address.

The emergence and expansion of biofuel markets has had a large impact on the U.S. and international agricultural markets in the past few years. With continuing support for biofuels through policy initiatives in many ...

Panel discussion. Moderator: J. Ryan Stewart (Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois).

This presentation investigates the problematics of agricultural productivity and the agricultural economy in the context of increasing water scarcity and disparate access. Scarcity is conceptualized as a result of a ...

Growing reliance on food-based biofuels has created considerable controversy about its impact on food prices and the environment and led to skepticism about its sustainability. The concept of sustainability in the context ...

Panel discussion. Moderator: Bob Hauser (Professor and Head, ACE, University of Illinois).

Over the last decade remarkable economic growth in China has contributed to dramatic increases in demand for food, feed and fuel. Economic growth in India has similarly driven changes in global food and fuel demand. With ...

Panel discussion. Moderator: Mark Scholl (Senior Partner, ENTIRA).