Toward Multipurpose Agriculture: Food, Fuels, Flex Crops, and Prospects for a Bioeconomy

Mairon Bastos Lima is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He holds a PhD in environmental studies from the VU University Amsterdam and has worked extensively on policies and governance for sustainable value chains and green economy strategies. In addition to biofuels and other novel chains, his research has dealt with multilevel strategies to combine conservation and sustainable development. Recent publications include “A Reality Check on the Landscape Approach to REDD+: Lessons from Latin America,” Forest Policy and Economics 78 (2017): 10–20, and “The Sustainable Development Goals and REDD+: Assessing Institutional Interactions and the Pursuit of Synergies,” International Environmental Agreements 17 (2017): 589–606.