Download or read book The Future of Biofuels and Their Impact on Agricultural Markets written by Pierre Rainelli and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les biocarburants, ces énergies renouvelables découvertes avec le moteur à explosion et mis au ban de l'industrie automobile au milieu du XIXème siècle, sont rappelés sur le devant de la scène énergétique européenne et mondiale depuis le début des années 2000. Longtemps boudés par des économies abreuvées d'un pétrole ultra-compétitif, les carburants issus de matières premières végétales voient leur pertinence ressuscitée, à l'heure de la lutte en faveur de la réduction des gaz à effet de serre, de la pression accrue sur les prix du pétrole et des risques croissants engendrés par la dépendance énergétique de l'Union. Les mesures communautaires, proposées à des fins climatiques et énergétiques pourraient à moyen terme bouleverser les perspectives des agriculteurs européens, en quête de nouveaux débouchés et soucieux de redorer une image quelque peu ternie par les problèmes de pollution engendrés par leur activité. La Commission européenne présentait le 10 janvier 2007 son ± Plan d'action énergétique . Ce plan propose d'inclure 20 % d'énergies renouvelables dans le bouquet énergétique de l'UE et d'obliger les Etats membres à incorporer 10% de biocarburants dans celui des transports d'ici à 2020. Parvenir à de tels seuils exigera des Européens qu'ils parviennent à mobiliser à la fois une partie de leurs ressources publiques pour assurer le développement de ces nouvelles énergies et une partie des terres arables afin de les consacrer aux cultures à vocation énergétique. Par ailleurs l'ouverture de ± l'examen de santé de la Politique Agricole Commune et des débats sur les nouvelles orientations de l'agriculture européenne en 2008-2009 rapproche l'échéance des choix stratégiques pour l'agriculture européenne de demain et invite à étudier sérieusement les perspectives offertes aux agriculteurs par les biocarburants. Dans le cadre du programme d'études PAC 2013, qui vise à élaborer des propositions de réforme et de financement de la politique agricole, Notre Europe analyse dans une première phase les profonds changements qui ont modifié le cadre de l'activité agricole depuis la naissance de la PAC en 1962 et dont les biocarburants font partie. Dans la présente étude, Pierre Rainelli va au-delà de l'enthousiasme rhétorique souvent de mise à leur sujet en analysant dans un premier temps les conditions économiques de leur développement (relativement aux prix du pétrole) ; dans un second temps les incidences potentielles de la généralisation de ces cultures sur l'équilibre des marchés agricoles selon différentes hypothèses fiscales et techniques. Cette étude est ainsi opportune, car elle permet de décrypter les enjeux et les dilemmes auxquels les Européens auront à faire face lors des débats sur la place à donner aux biocarburants, au sein de l'agriculture européenne de l'après-2013.
Download or read book Biofuels Bioenergy and Food Security written by Deepayan Debnath and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular 'Food versus Fuel' debates, discussing the complex relationship between the biofuel and agricultural markets. From the importance of bioenergy in the context of climate change, to the potentially positive environmental consequences of growing second generation biofuels crops, this book provides important insights into the impact of policy, the technical implementation and the resulting impact of biofuels. The discussion of existing issues hindering the growth of the cellulosic biofuel industry and their remedies are particularly relevant for policy makers and others associated with the biofuel industry. Transferring information on bioenergy economy through the discussion of the current and emerging biofuel market, country specific case studies explain the existing biofuel policy and its consequences to both the energy and agricultural markets. Economic simulation models explain the future of the bioenergy markets. Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies is an invaluable resource to the students, scientific community, policy makers, and investors in the bioenergy industry. Students will benefit from a variety of perspectives on major societal questions in context of the interaction between food security and bioenergy. Its review of existing literature on the biofuel marker, investment opportunities, and energy independence provides a broad overview to allow informed decision making regarding the industry. - Provides an integrated overview of the world biofuel market by country, including a summary of the existing biofuel policies, role of investment opportunities, and rural development potential - Discusses the impact of biofuels on efforts by developing countries to become more energy self-sufficient - Examines the environmental consequences of biomass-based biofuel use.
Download or read book The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities -- Back cover.
Download or read book The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy Environment and Poverty written by Govinda R. Timilsina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970’s, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security. From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by 26% and biodiesel grew by 172%. As biofuel production continues to expand, investments in capacity expansion and research and development have been made. The 2008 food crisis emphasized the need to re-examine biofuel consequences. Biofuels remain an important renewable energy resource to substitute for fossil fuels, particularly in the transportation sector, yet biofuels’ success is still uncertain. The future of biofuels in the energy supply mix relies on mitigating potential and improving the environmental gains. This book brings together leading authorities on biofuel from the World Bank to examine all of the impacts of biofuel (economic, social, environmental) within a unified framework and in a global perspective, making it of interest to academics in agricultural and environmental economics as well as industry and policy-makers.
Download or read book Biofuels and Food Security written by Tatsuji Koizumi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the relationship between biofuels and food security, this book presents an economic analysis of the competition between biofuels and food. It covers the historical and current situation of biofuels and food security in Brazil, China, Japan, USA, EU, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and other countries. Furthermore it demonstrates that not only feedstock of agricultural product-based biofuels, but also cellulose-based biofuels can compete with food-related demand and agricultural resources. The issue of whether this competition is good or bad for food security is explored, and this topic is examined at global, national, sub-national and household levels. In order to deal with energy security, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to strengthen agricultural/rural development, biofuel production and utilization is increasing all over the world. One of the most crucial problems is the competition for resources between biofuel and food. This biofuel and food security discussion is expected to continue into the future, and this book proposes the action that is needed to deal with this issue on various levels. Biofuel and Food Security provides a valuable resource to undergraduates and researchers of economics, agricultural economics and renewable science, and also policy makers involved in government or international organizations. It will additionally be of interest to those employed in renewable energy and agriculture in an industrial capacity.
Download or read book Environmental Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels written by Deepak Rajagopal and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels provides a timely summary of the current issues contributing to the policy debates on this emerging and important topic. The authors make several key conclusions: - Biofuels are diverse and evolving. The next generation of biofuels has the potential to provide improved net benefits but requires significant technological breakthroughs. - Greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits vary significantly across various types of biofuels and are dependent on market conditions and policy situation. - While biofuel improves the welfare of gasoline consumers and food producers, it has a significant negative affect on food consumers, especially the poor. - A diverse set of policies, which have been introduced or proposed, impact biofuels directly including subsidies, mandates, and regulation of carbon content of fuels. However, current policies do not provide incentives that align private and social welfare. - Much of the impact assessments of biofuels thus far are ex-ante estimates based on either optimization or equilibrium models. There is a lack of ex-post econometric analysis of the marginal impact of biofuels and biofuel policies on the economy. And the structural relationships between agriculture, the energy sector, and the environment in the context of biofuels have hardly been studied. The biofuel policy debate is likely to be an ongoing one in the near future and Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding this diverse and growing literature.
Download or read book Agricultural Market Impacts of Future Growth in the Production of Biofuels written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Biofuel Policies written by Harry de Gorter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and logistics, there is currently no book on the market devoted to the economics of biofuel policies. The Economics of Biofuel Policies focuses on the role of biofuel policies in creating turmoil in the world grains and oilseed markets since 2006. This new volume is the first to put together theory and empirical evidence of how biofuel policies created a link between crop (food grains and oilseeds) and biofuel (ethanol and biodiesel) prices. This combined with biofuel policies role in affecting the link between biofuels and energy (gasoline, diesel and crude oil) prices will form the basis to show how alternative US, EU, and Brazilian biofuel policies have immense impacts on the level and volatility of food grain and oilseed prices.
Download or read book Economic Effects of Biofuel Production written by Marco Aurelio Dos Santos Bernardes and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, the successful Brazilian ethanol program, insights of the first, second, third and fourth biofuel generations, advanced biofuel production techniques, related waste treatment, emissions and environmental impacts, water consumption, produced allergens and toxins. Additionally, the biofuel policy discussion is expected to be continuing in the foreseeable future and the reading of the biofuels features dealt with in this book, are recommended for anyone interested in understanding this diverse and developing theme.
Download or read book Biofuel Co products as Livestock Feed written by Harinder P. S. Makkar and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2012 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication covers a wide array of co-products.
Download or read book The Economics of Biofuels written by Stefania Bracco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation. They link together food, energy and natural resources sectors, and involve ecological, social and inequality issues. They are an emblematic example of the interactions between economic, environmental, social and political decisions and, as a recent and complex issue, require updated and detailed information to be understood. This book aims to shed light on several economic, social and environmental issues connected to biofuel production and policies. The Economics of Biofuels adopts detailed descriptions, rigorous data analysis and precise econometric methods to estimate the effects of biofuel on different socio-economic factors, avoiding complicated and sometimes ineffective models based on context-specific parameters. In particular, the book focuses on the impact of bioenergy policy on biocommodity production and trade, and on the related phenomenon of land acquisitions to grow biofuel commodities. The book’s main findings are derived by an original and unique dataset collecting information on the investors acquiring land in Africa and on the voluntary standard, certification and labelling schemes adopted by them as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. The analysis links together in an original way public and private initiatives to make biofuel sustainable. Therefore, this book represents an improvement in the understanding of biofuel production and policy’s sustainability. This book is of interest to those who study environmental economics, agricultural economics and sustainable development. It is also suitable for those in the renewable energy sector, with a particular focus on biofuel sustainability.
Download or read book Economic Effects of Biofuel Production written by Marco Aurelio Dos Santos Bernardes and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, the successful Brazilian ethanol program, insights of the first, second, third and fourth biofuel generations, advanced biofuel production techniques, related waste treatment, emissions and environmental impacts, water consumption, produced allergens and toxins. Additionally, the biofuel policy discussion is expected to be continuing in the foreseeable future and the reading of the biofuels features dealt with in this book, are recommended for anyone interested in understanding this diverse and developing theme.
Download or read book Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National interests in greater energy independence, concurrent with favorable market forces, have driven increased production of corn-based ethanol in the United States and research into the next generation of biofuels. The trend is changing the national agricultural landscape and has raised concerns about potential impacts on the nation's water resources. To help illuminate these issues, the National Research Council held a colloquium on July 12, 2007 in Washington, DC. Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States, based in part on discussions at the colloquium, concludes that if projected future increases in use of corn for ethanol production do occur, the increase in harm to water quality could be considerable from the increases in fertilizer use, pesticide use, and soil erosion associated with growing crops such as corn. Water supply problems could also develop, both from the water needed to grow biofuels crops and water used at ethanol processing plants, especially in regions where water supplies are already overdrawn. The production of "cellulosic ethanol," derived from fibrous material such as wheat straw, native grasses, and forest trimmings is expected to have less water quality impact but cannot yet be produced on a commerical scale. To move toward a goal of reducing water impacts of biofuels, a policy bridge will likely be needed to encourage growth of new technologies, best agricultural practies, and the development of traditional and cellulosic crops that require less water and fertilizer and are optimized for fuel production.
Download or read book Economic Effects of Biofuel Production written by Marco Aurelio Dos Santos Bernardes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, the successful Brazilian ethanol program, insights of the first, second, third and fourth biofuel generations, advanced biofuel production techniques, related waste treatment, emissions and environmental impacts, water consumption, produced allergens and toxins. Additionally, the biofuel policy discussion is expected to be continuing in the foreseeable future and the reading of the biofuels features dealt with in this book, are recommended for anyone interested in understanding this diverse and developing theme.
Download or read book The Intended and Unintended Effects of U S Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies written by Joshua S. Graff Zivin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using economic models and empirical analysis, this volume examines a wide range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues and their effects on American agricultural and related agrarian insurance markets. Beginning with a look at the distribution of funds by insurance programs—created to support farmers but often benefiting crop processors instead—the book then examines the demand for biofuel and the effects of biofuel policies on agricultural price uncertainty. Also discussed are genetically engineered crops, which are assuming an increasingly important role in arbitrating tensions between energy production, environmental protection, and the global food supply. Other contributions discuss the major effects of genetic engineering on worldwide food markets. By addressing some of the most challenging topics at the intersection of agriculture and biotechnology, this volume informs crucial debates.
Download or read book OECD FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021 2030 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as input from collaborating member countries to provide an annual assessment of the prospects for the coming decade of national, regional and global agricultural commodity markets. The publication consists of 11 Chapters; Chapter 1 covers agricultural and food markets; Chapter 2 provides regional outlooks and the remaining chapters are dedicated to individual commodities.
Download or read book Biofuels written by Josef Schmidhuber and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The choice of biofuels is for agriculture something of a gamble both in terms of the earnings it promises and the risks it represents. The gamble is so tempting that biofuels are seen in some quarters as a panacea: from the farmers' point of view, they add to their outlets, hold the key to more profitable markets; from the public authorities' point of view, farmers' income, improved thanks to biofuels, would ipso facto make less pressing calls on public funding for farming. But conversion to energy crops also causes major upheavals on the agricultural markets: the hitching of agricultural prices to the very volatile prices of fossil fuels fosters instability on the market and raises the crucial question of its impacts on food security. The production of biofuels continues to remain contentious in respect of its impact on the environment. Thus the Union is faced with a decisive and difficult choice: should it encourage - including financially - the conversion of part of its arable surface to energy crops? The ambition of Notre Europe's CAP 2013 project looks to reviewing the context analysis on which the Common Agricultural Policy was built in 1957, prior to exploring avenues towards reform. For the parameters and the issues driving post-war farming are not the same as today's, let alone those post 2013, that is the Medium-term financial outlook of the European Union. Now, biofuels are part and parcel of the new deal which underwrites the future of farming. The biofuels gamble is indeed tempting for the Europeans. World prices, boosted by the increased non-food demand (particularly on the sugar, oilseeds and cereals markets), would enable the CAP to bring down customs duties or aids without causing land abandonment. Trying its luck with the biofuels would also enable the Union to afford a fair standard of living for its farming community. The biofuels option would, incidentally, make claims on CAP aids to stimulate the conversion of fallow or food growing land. It would finally suppose that the public authorities set up programmes for the compulsory incorporation of biofuels in petrol and gas oil. Taking on the study of the biofuels' bearing on agricultural markets, Notre Europe goes straight to the nub of the CAP project's aim: grasping a new parameter, the impact of which will have far reaching effects on farming in the future. Beyond the way it will affect farm prices, farmers' income or even the environment, the development of biofuels carries the seeds of change in the very nature of farming, the purpose of which would no longer be to feed people but to produce energy. The clash - and it can be a head on clash - between these two missions poses the crucial question about biofuels: do they jeopardise food security? Joseph Schmidhuber, senior economist with the FAO tackles the question and shows, all the while eschewing simplistic contentions, that the answer requires a deal of nuances and precisions.
