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

of imported diesel is substituted with domestically produced jatropha-based biodiesel. This study finds that the … economics of jatropha-based biodiesel depend on several factors, such as diesel price, yield of jatropha seeds per hectare, and … biodiesel is unlikely to be economically competitive in Nepal unless seed yields per hectare are implausibly large and high …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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