Argentina is one of the world's largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using soybeans as feedstock …, soybean oil, and biodiesel, and (ii) domestic policies related to biofuels, such as an introduction of biofuel mandates. Both … international prices of biofuels and feedstocks would increase Argentina's gross domestic product and social welfare. Increases in …

ethanol and biodiesel. This paper synthesizes what the environmental, economic, and policy literature predicts about the …

Using an empirical model, this study provides some insights into the functioning of the oilseed-biodiesel-diesel market … complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from … the biodiesel and oilseed feedstock prices. Higher crude oil prices increase biodiesel prices if biofuel benefits from a …

empirical model this study analyzes the economics of meeting the biodiesel mandate through soybean feedstock. The study finds … that meeting the biodiesel mandate with biodiesel from soybeans would reduce social welfare because the country's soybean … supply along with its capacity to convert soybean to biodiesel, as well as oil yield, soybean based biodiesel is likely to be …

range from US$0.360 a liter to US$0.680 a liter while the costs for biodiesel production range from US$0.612 a liter to US$0 …

biodiesel using jatropha curcas, a non-edible shrub widely available throughout the country by farmers for generations as a … imports, with domestic biodiesel produced from a feedstock that does not have any commercial value otherwise and thus has zero … large-scale jatropha production on different types of lands, and conversion of jatropha oil to biodiesel for domestic …

-grain feedstock based biofuels are expected to remain relatively high. By contrast, the 2020 target of biodiesel production has a high …