Biofuel is a green sustainable energy source that is made from living materials or mass, such as sugar cane, corn and edible or non-edible oils. India is rich in biomass due to its diverse climatic conditions, and most of the Indian peoples have tradition of utilization of bio-fuels from ancient time but inefficient use of these traditional biofuels lead to a create some health problems. The increasing population creates pressure on the present land use/ land cover (LULC) configuration of the earth to fulfil the increasing demand for biofuels. This article focuses on relation between biofuel demand and land use cover changes according to that.
Lal Chand Malav*
ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, RC, Udaipur, Rajasthan (313 001), India
Brijesh Yadav
Mahaveer Nogiya
R. L. Meena
R. S. Meena
B. L. Mina
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