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AEBI 425 Tropical Energy and Food (3 credits)

Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

Overview

Biology (Agric & Envir Sc) : Tropical biofuel crops, conversion processes and final products, particularly energy and greenhouse gas balances and bionutraceuticals. Topics include effects of process extraction during refining on biofuel economics, the food versus fuel debate and impact of biofuels and bioproducts on tropical agricultural economics.

Terms: Summer 2025

Instructors: Smith, Donald L; Lefsrud, Mark (Summer)

  • Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 427.

  • Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester

  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.

  • Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.

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