In the late 2000s, the world grain markets experienced severe turbulence with rapid crop price rises caused by bad crops, oil price hikes, export restrictions, and the emergence of biofuels as well as financial speculation. We review the impacts of the first four real-side factors using a world...

This study examines the integration properties of total renewable energy production, as well as production of biofuels and biomass in the United States. To do so we employ Lagrange Multiplier (LM) univariate unit root tests with up to two structural breaks. We conclude that each production...

The production of bioenergy is considered to be a promising energy source for a sustainable energy mix and it is politically promoted in many countries. With the exception of Brazilian ethanol, bioenergy not competitive to fossil energy sources, and therefore needs to be subsidised. Several...

Introduction -- Developing the appropriate modeling framework for quantitative policy analysis of the food-energy-water nexus -- Leveling the field for biofuels: comparing the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel and other export crops in Malawi -- Evaluating irrigation investments in...