SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Banse, Martin; van Meijl, Hans; Woltjer, Geert B..

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; D58; Q13; Q24; Q27; Q28.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94666

On the EU–U.S. Biodiesel ‘Splash & Dash' Controversy: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations

de Gorter, Harry; Drabik, Dusan; Just, David R..

Replaced with revised version of paper on 10/26/10.

Can virtual water 'trade' reduce water scarcity in semi-arid countries? The case of Spain

Palavras-chave: Splash & dash; Biodiesel; Blender’s tax credit; Tax exemption; Trade; European Union; Unites States; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q17; Q27; Q42.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61425

Garrido, Alberto; Novo, Paula; Rodriguez Casado, Roberto; Varela-Ortega, Consuelo.

Agricultural trade is by far the largest vehicle to ‘move’ water virtually around the world. Observing that most countries import and export water embedded in the exchanged products, the objective of this study is to assess the virtual water ‘trade’ in Spain for the period 1997-2006. We differentiate between the green and blue components of virtual water from a hydrological and economic perspective. The combination of spatial and time dimensions offers a unique empirical setting to determine whether virtual water ‘trade’ can contribute to reduce water scarcity. The study reveals that Spain is a net ‘importer’ of virtual water. By far the largest virtual water ‘imports’ are linked to cereals and animal feed products whilst the virtual water ‘exports’ are...

Supply Chains for Emerging Renewable Polymers: Analysis of Interactive Sectors and Complementary Assets

Palavras-chave: Virtual water ‘trade’; Farm trade; Water scarcity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q15; Q17; Q25; Q27; Q56.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51048

Sporleder, Thomas L.; Goldsmith, Peter D.; Cordier, Jean; Godin, Philippe.

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Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Supply chains; Renewables; Economics of biobased industrial markets; Complementary assets; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Production Economics; Q10; Q27; Q42; Q47.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103985

The Implications of Alternative Biofuel Policies on Carbon Leakage

Drabik, Dusan; de Gorter, Harry; Just, David R..

We show carbon leakage depends on the type of biofuel policy (tax credit versus mandate), the domestic and foreign gasoline supply and fuel demand elasticities, and on consumption and production shares of world oil markets for the country introducing the biofuel policy. The components of carbon leakage – market leakage and emissions savings – are counteracting: carbon leakage increases with market leakage but decreases with emissions savings. We also distinguish domestic and international leakage where the latter is always positive, but domestic leakage can be negative with a mandate. The IPCC definition of leakage omits domestic leakage, resulting in biased estimates. Leakage with a tax credit always exceeds that of a mandate, while the combination of a...

Contributions of U.S. Crop Subsidies to Biofuel and Related Markets

Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Tax credit; Mandate; Market leakage; Carbon leakage; Emissions savings; Domestic leakage; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q27; Q41; Q42; Q54.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114432

Devadoss, Stephen; Bayham, Jude.

The U.S. crop subsidies provide incentives for farmers to expand feedstock production, which benefits the biofuel producers by lowering input costs. This study develops a general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of a reduction in the U.S. crop subsidy on biofuel industries and social welfare. The impacts of feedstock policies on the biofuel market are marginal. In contrast, the biofuel mandate has a larger impact and counteracts the effects of the crop subsidy reduction. The mandate increases the demand for feedstock and causes not only grain ethanol, but also cellulosic ethanol production to rise. The mandate exacerbates the distortion, and government spending increases significantly, leading to greater welfare loss.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Environmental impacts; Farm supports; Welfare analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18; Q27.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100525

Economics of Forest and Agricultural Carbon Sinks

van Kooten, G. Cornelis.

CAN DOMESTICATION OF WILDLIFE LEAD TO CONSERVATION? THE ECONOMICS OF TIGER FARMING IN CHINA

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q23; Q27; Q54.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37013

Abbott, Brant; van Kooten, G. Cornelis.

Tigers are a threatened species that might soon disappear in the wild. Not only are tigers threatened by deteriorating and declining habitat, but poachers continue to kill tigers for traditional medicine, decoration pieces and so on. Although international trade in tiger products has been banned since 1987 and domestic trade within China since 1993, tigers continue to be poached and Chinese entrepreneurs have established tiger farms in anticipation of their demise. While China desires to permit sale of tiger products from captive-bred tigers, this is opposed on the grounds that it likely encourages illegal killing. Instead, wildlife conservationists lobby for more spending on anti-poaching and trade-ban enforcement. In this study, a mathematical...

Elephants and the Ivory Trade Ban: Summary of Research Results

Palavras-chave: Endangered species and extinction; Wildlife farming; Economics of natural; Mathematical bioeconomics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q27; C61; Q57.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61071

van Kooten, G. Cornelis.

Production Profitability of Ethanol from Alternative Feedstocks in the Texas Panhandle

Palavras-chave: Economics of elephant conservation; Economics of ivory trade; Trade bans; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q57; Q27; O13.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57807

Almas, Lal K.; Lust, David G.; Brooks, Kathleen R.; Girase, J.R..

The potential of three feedstocks: grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass for ethanol production in the top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle Region is analyzed using yield and production costs of feedstock, processing cost of feedstock, final demand for ethanol, farm to wholesale marketing margin, and the derived demand price of feedstock. The calculated economic returns per acre of grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass are -$45.37, -$410.19, and -$150.17 respectively under irrigated condition and -$38.25, -$145.09, and -$29.04 respectively under dryland condition. The evaluation in this study demonstrates that ethanol production from grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass in the Texas Panhandle Region is not economically...

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Ethanol production; Texas Panhandle; Grain sorghum; Sweet sorghum; And Switchgrass; Feedstock; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q16; Q25; Q27; And Q42.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119723

Spatial Marketing Patterns for Corn Under the Condition of Increasing Ethanol Production in the U.S.

Conley, Dennis M.; George, Adam.

Events external to agriculture have set in motion the conditions for structural change in the marketing of corn in the U.S. These included a rapid increase in the price of crude oil from $40 per barrel to over $100 caused by hurricanes, geopolitical events, an increased global demand for energy from countries like China and India, and in December 2007, the U.S. raising the renewable fuel standards. The results of this research show that there could be significant changes in the historical utilization and marketing of corn in the U.S. The change in movement patterns provides one source of visible evidence that a structural change is underway.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Ethanol; Corn; Spatial marketing; Structural change; Crude oil; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q13; Q27.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53726

Do Current U.S. Ethanol Policies Make Sense?

Yano, Yuki; Blandford, David; Surry, Yves R..

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Q48; Q42; Q27; Q28.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93686

Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems as a Strategy for Mitigating Climate Change

van Kooten, G. Cornelis; Wang, Yichuan; Laaksonen-Craig, Susanna.

Under Kyoto, forestry activities that sequester carbon can be used to create CO2 offset credits that could obviate the need for lifestyle-changing reductions in fossil fuel use. Credits are earned by storing carbon in forest ecosystems and wood products, although CO2 emissions are also mitigated by delaying deforestation, which accounts for one-quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Non-permanent carbon offsets from forest activities are difficult to compare with each other and with mitigation strategies because they differ in how long they prevent CO2 from entering the atmosphere. In this paper, we investigate issues of carbon sequestration in detail, but in particular we expand in comprehensive fashion on earlier work comparing carbon mitigation...

Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impacts on Rural Household Welfare

Palavras-chave: Climate change; Carbon offset credits from forestry activities; Meta-regression analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q54; R15; Q23; Q27.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9931

Fernandez, Ana; Richardson, Robert B.; Tschirley, David L.; Tembo, Gelson.

FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

Industry Speaks Strategies for Solving the Food Inflation Problem

Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Tourism; Conservation; Household income; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Q18; Q26; Q27; Q56.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55053

Costs of Creating Carbon Offset Credits via Forestry Activities: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Neves, Marcos Fava.

This article addresses some of the partial truths and misinformation in media reporting over the booming food prices debate. Many studies are only linking biofuels to the inflation cause, while ignoring several other factors such as the growth of the world population, economic development and income distribution. An overview of the causes is discussed and 10 strategies proposed which policy makers, governments, and organizations can adapt to move the world forward towards long-term sustainability.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Food crisis; Bio-fuels; Strategy; Sustainability; Problem solving; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q16; Q27.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53731

van Kooten, G. Cornelis; Laaksonen-Craig, Susanna; Wang, Yichuan.

The main focus of efforts to mitigate climate change is on the avoidance of fossil fuel emissions. However, the Kyoto rules permit the use of forestry activities that create carbon offset credits. These could obviate the need for lifestyle-changing reductions in fossil fuel use. It is necessary for policy purposes, therefore, to determine the cost effectiveness of creating forest sink carbon credits. In this study, meta-regression analyses with 1047 observations from 68 studies are used to determine factors that affect carbon sequestration costs. Results indicate that soil carbon is not very important, but that forest plantations and use of biomass for energy make forestry activities more attractive. It also turns out that forestry activities are...

Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research to Action

Palavras-chave: Climate mitigation; Forest carbon offset credits; Meta-regression analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q54; R15; Q23; Q27.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37039

Simasiku, Phyllis; Chapoto, Antony; Richardson, Robert B.; Sichilongo, Mwape; Tembo, Gelson; Weber, Michael T.; Zulu, Alimakio.

More effective policies are needed to improve access and secure rights to land and other natural resources for various stakeholders, particularly smallholder farmers. Service delivery at all levels of governance needs to be restructured and strengthened in order to promote and improve economic development and management of natural resources in both open and protected areas. New strategies are needed for protecting and developing natural resource areas based on appropriate resource management systems that promote broad-based participation and sharing of benefits, and offer potential for more effective community-based natural resource management. Improvements are needed in natural resource policy and law review processes in order to take better advantage...

BIOENERGIE AS A SOURCE OF INCOME OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Rural development; Natural resource management; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q16; Q18; Q27; Q30.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58543

Makarchuk, Oksana; Hockmann, Heinrich; Lissitsa, Alexej.

Enterprise activity is based on maximization of profit to increase the volume of own capital, to expand manufacture and to guarantee the earning of profit for the long-term period. Therefore everyone searches for new sources of the income by means of which it is possible to maximize cost of the made product. One of new sources of the income in agriculture is a cultivation of agricultural crops for the energy, heat, fuel (biofuel) manufacture. In this "discussion paper" the market is examined for biofuel, as well as their competitiveness is analyzed in comparison to mineral fuels. Germany takes the lead positions on manufacture and use of biofuel among the countries of the European Union and Ukraine has a big potential on the agricultural commodities market...

The Increasing Multifunctionality of Agricultural Raw Materials: Three Dilemmas for Innovation and Adoption

Palavras-chave: Биотопливо; Биоэтанол; Биомасса; Возобновляемые источники энергии; Конкурентоспособность; Спрос и предложение.Biokraftstoff; Bioethanol; Biomasse; Erneubare Energien; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Angebot und Nachfrage.Biofuel; Bioethanol; Biomass; Renewed energy sources; Competitiveness; Supply and demand.; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q27.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91735

Boehlje, Michael; Broring, Stefanie.

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Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Bio-economy; Industry convergence; Renewables; Disruptive innovation; Multifunctionality; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Q10; Q27; Q42; Q47.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103981

A Global Land Use and Biomass Approach to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fossil Fuel Use and to Preserve Biodiversity

Riedacker, Arthur.

As average growth consumptions per capita and world population will continue to grow, the promotion of sustainable developments during the next half a century implies to take into account environmental aspects, local potentialities and futures changes in population as well climatic, economic and social factors. At the global level, land and fossil fuel availability per capita, capacity of absorption of greenhouse gas emissions are considered the most important environmental factors. Whereas at local levels are to be considered preservation or improvement of soil fertility, of water regimes, of quality of air, soil and water. Biodiversity must be taken into account at both levels to cope also with climate change. But as underlined by IPCC lead authors, up...