Sa, Saraly Andrade de; Palmer, Charles; Engel, Stefanie - Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge - 2010
This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food … of direct land competition between rival uses increases deforestation and decreases food production. Second, an indirect … displacement of food production across regions, provoked by a shift in the price of food, increases deforestation and reduces the …
