*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow an announcement about a book release "The Tropical Oil Crop revolution" by Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, and Rosamond L.Naylor. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca [image: Inline image 1] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Center on Food Security and the Environment <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:01 PM Subject: Announcing Our Book Release "The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution" To: [log in to unmask] Announcing our new book *The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution* View this email in your browser <http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=bd38b15066&e=f8d38290da> Dear friends and colleagues, We're extremely excited to share with you the pre-release of our new book *THE TROPICAL OIL CROP REVOLUTION* <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=4ff36715fe&e=f8d38290da>, authored by Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, and Rosamond L. Naylor. <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=d3223e7e5f&e=f8d38290da>The global production of soybeans and palm oil has increased enormously in the tropics over the last two decades. As we write in the introduction: *“For the past 25 years, oil crops have been by far the most dynamic crops in world agricultural growth, and their impact on land use and global trade has been profound, yet they have received little attention from agricultural economists. The vast literature on the social and environmental impacts associated with the expansion of tropical oil crops rarely relates those impacts to the broader market drivers.”* In *THE TROPICAL OIL CROP REVOLUTION* <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=633e85aa85&e=f8d38290da>, we examine the world’s most dynamic agricultural sector in recent decades. The planting of these crops is controversial because they are often sown on formerly forested or savanna lands, rely on large farmers and agribusiness rather than smallholders for their development, and largely supply export markets. Because these crops are used for food, cooking, animal feed, and biofuels, they have entered the agriculture, food, and energy chains of many countries, linking consumers across the world to distant producers in a handful of exporting countries. Based on our in-depth research, this book is an examination of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the oil crop revolution in the tropics. In looking to the future, we conclude that the industry may be entering a new and more sustainable growth trajectory. We hope you enjoy reading *THE TROPICAL OIL CROP REVOLUTION* <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=4174a673c8&e=f8d38290da> and will join us in spreading the word about our new book! Buy Now <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=0cc7e9f2d9&e=f8d38290da> Please use the coupon code ASFLYQ6 for 30% off your purchase. *THE TROPICAL OIL CROP REVOLUTION* *Food, Feed, Fuel, and Forests* by Derek Byerlee, Walter P. Falcon, and Rosamond L. Naylor will be published by Oxford University Press <http://stanford.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=6075fe7ccf&e=f8d38290da> on November 10, 2016 $74.00 | 304 Pages | 9780190222987 <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=74ab675cf1&e=f8d38290da> <http://stanford.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=704bdf7495&e=f8d38290da> <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=4cfab9b2c6&e=f8d38290da> *Copyright © 2016 Center on Food Security and the Environment, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you are a friend of FSE or have expressed interest in FSE's research on food security and the environment. *Our mailing address is:* Center on Food Security and the Environment 473 Via Ortega, room 361 Stanford, California 94305-4205 Add us to your address book <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=0e055a6be5> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <http://stanford.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=0e055a6be5&e=f8d38290da> or unsubscribe from this list <http://stanford.us2.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=f72623a610e4d533b58268cca&id=0e055a6be5&e=f8d38290da&c=bd38b15066> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);