More than <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mn>40</mn> <mi mathvariant="normal">%</mi> </math> of US grain is used for energy due to the Renewable Fuel Mandate (RFS). There are no studies of the global distributional consequences of this purely domestic policy. Using micro‐level survey data, we trace the effect of the...

Many countries have actively encouraged the production of biofuels as a low-carbon alternative to the use of fossil fuels in transportation. To what extent do these trends imply a reallocation of scarce land away from food to fuel production? This paper critically reviews the small but growing...

In response to biofuel policies, the impacts of biofuels are very controversial. In particular, biofuels have been universally blamed for recent food price increases. In this paper, we review the recent but growing literature on the topical trade-off : Fuel vs. Food. First, we present biofuel...

This article deals with the relationship between industrialization of agriculture and the environment in developing countries. We specifically focus on livestock production and regulation. We develop a simple economic framework to demonstrate the effect of location on intensification of...