complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from … volatility in the crude oil price. Oilseed crushing produces joint products -- oil and meal ?-- and this weakens the link between … both canola and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel, an increase in the crude oil price leads to higher canola prices …

The price of oil could play a significant role in influencing the expansion of biofuels. However, this issue has not … impact of oil price on biofuel expansion, and subsequently, on food supply. The study shows that a 65 percent increase in oil … price in 2020 from the 2009 levelwould increase the global biofuel penetration to 5.4 percent in 2020 from 2.4 percent in …

For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world … prices. If this is done by countries accounting for a large share of the market, its effect is offset by increases in world … price volatility. This study shows the nature of the resulting collective action problem, with the policy being ineffective …

the remaining distortions to world merchandise trade on poverty and inequality globally and in various developing …

evaluating economically optimal allocations of the world's land resources. A dynamic, forward-looking optimization framework …

currently announced by more than 40 countries around the world are implemented by 2020 using crop feedstocks, and if both …

, the cost of second-generation (cellulosic) ethanolcan be two to three times as high as the current price of gasoline on an … the current price of diesel. Policy instruments for increasing biofuels use, such as fiscal incentives, should be based on …