1Research Scholar, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareily Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
4Assistant Professor, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author Email id: rajeevprataps@gmail.com
Online published on 22 April, 2016.
The growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion, energy crisis and climate change have raised the interest of scientists for bioenergy production on marginalised lands. Cultivating bioenergy crops on marginalised lands is regarded as alternative source of cultivating energy as it utilises the marginal land for growing such biomass that can be used for bioenergy production. It is economical scaledup process that contributes in not only mitigating energy crisis, but also helps in reclaiming marginalised lands. Bioenergy crops have wide prospective in contributing to a major portion of world's energy needs while reducing the rate of emission of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Production of bioenergy crop on marginal land is clean, simple, environment friendly and economic way of combating a series of environmental problems. Government needs to provide subsidy and incentives to promote bioenergy production on marginalised lands so that it reaches the longterm vision of achieving sustainable development goals.
Bioenergy, Marginalised, Sustainable development goals, Energy crisis, Climate Change
